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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · City Holding (CHCO)

City Holding names Tim Whittaker to succeed retiring commercial banking EVP John DeRito

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 leadership Written later

City Holding Company said executive officer John A. DeRito will retire as Executive Vice President of Commercial Banking effective December 31, 2025. Tim Whittaker, the bank's Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, will succeed him, which is a planned leadership transition in a key lending role.

Key points

  • John A. DeRito, age 75, retires effective December 31, 2025; he joined the company in June 2004.
  • Under DeRito, the commercial loan portfolio grew from $450 million to over $2.2 billion, per the filing.
  • Timothy J. (Tim) Whittaker, age 52, succeeds DeRito and has been with the bank since September 1998.
  • Whittaker will receive a base salary consistent with current executive compensation practices.

The filing

CompanyCity Holding (CHCO)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECOct 22, 2025, 2:00 PM ET
Accession number0000726854-25-000176

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 8, 2026, 1:55 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on October 22, 2025.

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