---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-033851"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WAL"
cik: "0001212545"
company_name: "WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION"
filed_at: "2026-05-12T10:46:22+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-12T10:50:14.889326+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Stephen Curley, Chief Banking Officer for National Business Lines, resigns

## Summary
- Resignation notice given on May 8, 2026; effective same date.
- Curley leaves to become CEO of another financial services firm.
- No replacement named in the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-033851
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WAL
- cik: 0001212545
- company_name: WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION
- filed_at: 2026-05-12T10:46:22+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1212545/000162828026033851/0001628280-26-033851-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1212545/000162828026033851/wal-20260508.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-033851
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-033851.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-033851.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephen Curley resigned as Chief Banking Officer for National Business Lines at WESTERN ALLIANCE BANCORPORATION.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Banking Officer for National Business Lines
  source text: On May 8, 2026, Stephen Curley, Chief Banking Officer for National Business Lines of Western Alliance Bancorporation, provided notice of his resignation in order to pursue another employment opportunity as Chief Executive Officer within the financial services industry.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1212545/000162828026033851/0001628280-26-033851-index.htm

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