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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-044966"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PFS"
cik: "0001178970"
company_name: "PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-23T21:11:35+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T21:12:24.685408+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Provident Financial appoints Adriano Duarte as CFO, effective July 1, 2026

## Summary
- Adriano Duarte promoted from EVP and Chief Accounting Officer to EVP and CFO, replacing Thomas Lyons who retired.
- Duarte joined Provident in 2020 via the SB One Bank acquisition and has over 30 years of banking experience.
- Director James P. Dunigan retired from the Board on June 18, 2026, after more than eight years of service.
- Duarte will lead finance, accounting, treasury, investor relations, strategy, and risk management.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-044966
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PFS
- cik: 0001178970
- company_name: PROVIDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-23T21:11:35+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000162828026044966/0001628280-26-044966-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1178970/000162828026044966/pfs-20260618.htm

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