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Exec at Park Bank Milwaukee to Retire
Posted on October 30th, 2009 No commentsAndrew “Andy” Sawyer Jr., who logged 44 years in the Milwaukee financial industry, will retire at year-end from Park Bank, Milwaukee. Sawyer, 66, led the commercial lending unit at Park Bank during his 24 years with the bank and is its executive vice president. Read more in the Milwaukee Business Journal.
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Ahrens Named COO of The PrivateBank
Posted on October 26th, 2009 No commentsC. Brant Ahrens has been named chief operating officer of PrivateBancorp Inc., replacing Jay Williams, who continues as chairman of The PrivateBank Milwaukee. Ahrens joined The PrivateBank, of Chicago, in October 2007 and most recently served as chief strategy and marketing officer, the Milwaukee Business Journal reported.
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Carl Axness Named Banker of the Year
Posted on October 25th, 2009 No commentsCommunity Bankers of Wisconsin named Carl M. Axness, chairman of the Union Bank of Blair, as Community Banker of the Year. The group also gave Lifetime Service Awards to Gary De Master, president and chairman at Oostburg State Bank; Arlene White, assistant cashier at Walworth State Bank; and Charlene DeHaan, personal banker at Walworth State Bank, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
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Andrae Hired at WaterStone Bank
Posted on October 19th, 2009 No commentsKurt Andrae, who previously was the president and CEO of the former First Wisconsin Bank & Trust in Brookfield, Wis., has been hired by WaterStone Bank as vice president and head of the Wauwatosa bank’s commercial real estate division, the Business Journal of Milwaukee reported.
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Metavante Exec Leaves for Law Firm
Posted on October 14th, 2009 No commentsDonald Layden Jr., the former general counsel for the newly acquired Metavante Technologies Inc., has joined the Milwaukee office of Quarles & Brady LLP as a partner. He was senior executive vice president, corporate secretary and a member of the executive committee of Metavante Technologies Inc., the Business Journal of Milwaukee reported.
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Valley Bancorporation Founder Zuehlke Dies
Posted on October 8th, 2009 No commentsGus Zuehlke Sr. joined the small Appleton (Wis.) State Bank after World War II, becoming president and founding Valley Bancorporation. Over the years Valley acquired more than 160 banks and branches before it was bought in 1993 by Marshall & Ilsley Bancorporation. Zuehlke died Oct. 5, 2009, at the age of 87. Read about his career in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel obituary.
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Kuehn Elected CBW Chairman
Posted on September 30th, 2009 No commentsRussel Kuehn, chairman of First National Bank in Berlin, Wis., has been elected chairman of the Community Bankers of Wisconsin for 2009-’10. CBW represents 210 community banks with about 900 branches in the state’s small towns, rural areas, suburbs and cities, as reported in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Stumpf to Lead Wells Fargo
Posted on September 22nd, 2009 No commentsWells Fargo CEO John Stumpf will succeed chairman Richard Kovacevich, who is stepping down at the end of the year, according to a story in the Milwaukee Business Journal. Stumpf, 56, will hold both positions.
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Associated Must Find the Right Leader
Posted on September 19th, 2009 No commentsWhoever takes over as the next chief executive of Green Bay, Wis.-based Associated Banc-Corp ought to have a successful track record of navigating through tough economic times and, if at all possible, possess an affinity for the Midwest, say investment professionals who follow the bank, writes Paul Gores in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Fox River State Bank Names New CEO
Posted on September 15th, 2009 No commentsKeith E. Pollek has been named new president and chief executive of Fox River State Bank in Burlington, Wis., the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Pollek was previously the president and CEO of Town and Country Bank in Watertown.