---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001734342-23-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMTB"
cik: "0001734342"
company_name: "Amerant Bancorp Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T09:34:17.284057+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Amerant Bancorp appoints Sharymar Calderón as CFO effective June 1, 2023

## Summary
- Sharymar Calderón promoted from Head of Internal Audit to EVP and CFO; effective June 1, 2023.
- Carlos Iafigliola steps down as CFO but remains COO; had served as CFO since February 2020.
- Base salary of $300,000, rising to $325,000 on Jan 1, 2024; sign-on RSU grant of $100,000.
- Long-term incentive grant of $225,000 (50% RSUs, 50% performance-based) vesting over three years.
- Calderón is a CPA in Florida and Puerto Rico; previously at Ocean Bank and PwC.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001734342-23-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMTB
- cik: 0001734342
- company_name: Amerant Bancorp Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434223000035/0001734342-23-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434223000035/amtb-20230505.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sharymar Calderón was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Amerant Bancorp Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: the appointment of Sharymar Calderón as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), effective June 1, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434223000035/0001734342-23-000035-index.htm
- Executive change
  Carlos Iafigliola changed role as Chief Financial Officer at Amerant Bancorp Inc..
  - Action: stepped down as
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Mr. Carlos Iafigliola, the Company’s Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will no longer serve as the Company’s CFO or principal financial officer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434223000035/0001734342-23-000035-index.htm

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