---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001734342-22-000054"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMTB"
cik: "0001734342"
company_name: "Amerant Bancorp Inc."
filed_at: "2022-10-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T01:21:37.336663+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Orlando D. Ashford to step down from Amerant Bancorp board effective Dec 31, 2022

## Summary
- Ashford resigns to accept a new full-time executive position; departure not due to any disagreement with management or the Board.
- He will remain a director through December 31, 2022 and will not stand for re-election in 2023.
- No replacement director has been announced at this time.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001734342-22-000054
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMTB
- cik: 0001734342
- company_name: Amerant Bancorp Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-10-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434222000054/0001734342-22-000054-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434222000054/amtb-20221019.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001734342-22-000054
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001734342-22-000054.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001734342-22-000054.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Orlando D. Ashford departed as Director at Amerant Bancorp Inc..
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: Director
  source text: The Board and Mr. Ashford agreed that he would remain as a member of the Board of the Company and the Board of Directors of the Company’s wholly-owned bank subsidiary, Amerant Bank, N.A. (the “Bank”) through December, and will step down effective December 31, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434222000054/0001734342-22-000054-index.htm

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