---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001723596-24-000233"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CLBK"
cik: "0001723596"
company_name: "Columbia Financial, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T08:46:10.692386+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Columbia Financial COO E. Thomas Allen Jr. to retire effective Jan. 31, 2025

## Summary
- E. Thomas Allen, Jr., SEVP & COO, notified Columbia Financial of his retirement effective Jan. 31, 2025.
- No successor has been appointed for the COO role.
- Allen serves as COO for Columbia Financial, Columbia Bank MHC, and Columbia Bank.
- The retirement is planned; Allen will continue in his role until the effective date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001723596-24-000233
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CLBK
- cik: 0001723596
- company_name: Columbia Financial, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359624000233/0001723596-24-000233-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359624000233/clbk-20240520.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001723596-24-000233.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  E. Thomas Allen, Jr. departed as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Columbia Financial, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On May 20, 2024, E. Thomas Allen, Jr. notified Columbia Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) that he will retire as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company, Columbia Bank MHC and Columbia Bank effective as of January 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1723596/000172359624000233/0001723596-24-000233-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.