---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001734342-25-000006"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AMTB"
cik: "0001734342"
company_name: "Amerant Bancorp Inc."
filed_at: "2025-01-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T19:59:20.684881+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Amerant Bancorp expands board to 11, appoints Lutoff-Perlo and Almeida Júnior

## Summary
- Board size increased from 9 to 11 members; appointments effective January 22, 2025.
- Lisa Lutoff-Perlo: former CEO of Celebrity Cruises (Royal Caribbean), currently on AutoNation board.
- Odilon Almeida Júnior: former CEO of ACI Worldwide and Western Union exec, also on NCR Atleos board.
- Both will serve until 2025 annual meeting; receive pro-rata $46,000 retainer plus equity compensation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001734342-25-000006
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AMTB
- cik: 0001734342
- company_name: Amerant Bancorp Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-01-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434225000006/0001734342-25-000006-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434225000006/amtb-20250122.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001734342-25-000006.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Odilon Almeida Júnior was appointed as Director at Amerant Bancorp Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Lisa Lutoff-Perlo and Odilon Almeida Júnior to serve as members of the Company’s Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434225000006/0001734342-25-000006-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lisa Lutoff-Perlo was appointed as Director at Amerant Bancorp Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: appointed Lisa Lutoff-Perlo and Odilon Almeida Júnior to serve as members of the Company’s Board
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1734342/000173434225000006/0001734342-25-000006-index.htm

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