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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Wintrust Financial (WTFC)

Wintrust Financial Adds Two Directors, Laura Kohl and David Richter, Effective October 1

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

Wintrust Financial Corporation's board appointed Laura Kohl and David S. Richter as directors effective October 1, 2025, bringing the board to 14 members. The filing states both were determined to be independent under Nasdaq listing standards and were assigned to board committees.

Key points

  • Laura Kohl, Chief Information Officer at Morningstar, Inc., will serve on the Risk Management Committee and the Information Technology & Information Security Committee.
  • David S. Richter, Managing Director at GCM Grosvenor, will serve on the Audit Committee and the Finance Committee.
  • The board now has 14 members, according to the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1, dated October 2, 2025.
  • The filing states neither director is party to a related-person transaction reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

The filing

CompanyWintrust Financial (WTFC)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECOct 2, 2025, 4:10 PM ET
Accession number0001015328-25-000194

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 12:56 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits 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 02, 2025.

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