First Western Financial Inc 8-K, filed Apr 28, 2025
First Western Financial Inc (MYFW)
8-K
2025-04-28
For: 2025-04-23
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About this 8-K
First Western Financial Inc filed this 8-K on April 28, 2025, reporting on events of April 23, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 5.02: Director or officer change, or executive pay
- Item 9.01: Financial statements and exhibits
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 23, 2025
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Appointment of David R. Weber as Principal Accounting Officer of the Company
On April 23, 2025, the Board of Directors of First Western Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) designated David R. Weber, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer, to serve as its Principal Accounting Officer effective April 23, 2025. Mr. Weber will assume the Principal Accounting Officer duties from Jesica J. Montgomery, who was promoted to oversee other functions within the Company. Mr. Weber joined the Bank in 2018 as its Treasury Manager, was promoted to Finance and Treasury Manager in 2019, Director of Finance and Treasury in 2021, and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in 2023. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Weber served in various finance positions over nine years at Fifth Third Bank.
Mr. Weber is not related to any member of the Board of Directors of the Company or any executive officer of the Company, there are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Weber and other persons pursuant to which he was appointed as an officer of the Company, and he is not a party to any transactions which would require disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit Number | Description | |||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded in the Inline XBRL document) | |||||||
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| FIRST WESTERN FINANCIAL, INC. | ||||||||
| Date: April 28, 2025 | By: /s/ David R. Weber | |||||||
| David R. Weber | ||||||||
| Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||||||||
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