WSFS Financial Corp: appoints interim chief accounting officer

What happened

• On Oct 6, 2026, WSFS Financial Corporation announced the appointment of Michael Thompson as Senior Vice President, Interim Chief Accounting Officer, effective Oct 6, 2026. The filing also announced the appointment of Charles Mosher as Executive Vice President, Chief Audit Executive, and the promotion of Lisa Washington to Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary.

Key details

• Michael Thompson, age 55, has nearly 30 years of banking experience and joined WSFS as part of the acquisition of Bryn Mawr Trust.
• Recent roles at Bryn Mawr Trust and affiliates: Senior Vice President, Head of Business Performance and Analysis (most recent); Jan 2023 to Jan 2026 as Senior Vice President, Finance Strategic Initiatives; Jan 2020 through Dec 2022 as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Bryn Mawr Trust’s banking division.
• Prior to that, Mr. Thompson spent six years as Chief Financial Officer and four years as Chief Accounting Officer at Royal Bancshares of Pennsylvania, Inc.
• The filing states Mr. Thompson has no family relationships with the company’s directors or executive officers, is not party to transactions requiring Item 404(a) disclosure, and there is no arrangement or understanding with any person regarding his appointment.

Why it may matter

• The Form 8-K reports Item 5.02 (departure of directors or certain officers; election of directors; appointment of certain officers; compensatory arrangements of certain officers) and Item 7.01 (Regulation FD disclosure).
• The filing reports the appointments and promotion described above and furnishes a press release dated Oct 6, 2026.
• The filing does not show why the insider traded or why the company acted.