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Associated Names New SVP for Western Wis.
Posted on February 10th, 2011 No commentsTim Kotnour has been promoted to senior vice president, business segment leader in commercial banking at Associated Bank. He is responsible for leading Associated’s Wisconsin western region commercial banking group, which includes Madison, La Crosse, Eau Claire and Rockford, Ill., the Wisconsin State Journal reported. -
Security Financial Names New EVP
Posted on February 3rd, 2011 No commentsGeorge Hauser of River Falls, a 28-year veteran of banking in Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota, has joined the senior management team at Security Financial Bank in Durand. Hauser has assumed the position of executive vice president and chief credit officer, the River Falls Journal reported. -
Bank Mutual Names New Senior Exec
Posted on January 10th, 2011 No commentsGregory Larson has been named to the newly created position of senior vice president and director of commercial banking at Bank Mutual, based in the Milwaukee area. Larson is responsible for all aspects of middle market banking, business banking, treasury management, international banking, and merchant services, according to a press release on WisBusiness.com. -
Sheboygan Bank Names New President
Posted on October 31st, 2010 No commentsCommunity Bank & Trust in Sheboygan has promoted Victoria Sabani to president of the Chilton office. Her most recent role at the bank has been in commercial lending and business development within the Chilton market area. Read more in the Sheboygan Press. -
Bank First National Names New VP
Posted on October 10th, 2010 No commentsBank First National has added Mei Bloechl to its executive staff as vice president of private banking and retail banking serving the Fox River Valley market. She has more than 30 years of banking experience, as reported by the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter.
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Nelson Promoted to SVP at Horicon Bank
Posted on August 18th, 2010 No commentsHoricon Bank has promoted Mark Nelson to senior vice president. He previously served as chief information officer and has worked in IT for more than 25 years, according to the Beaver Dam Daily Citizen.
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Another M&I Exec Goes to Harris Bank
Posted on July 30th, 2010 No commentsHarris Bank has hired another former M&I Bank executive, Peter Engel, who will serve as Harris’ president of retail banking for the state. Tom Bolger, a former M&I executive who joined Harris Bank previously, has the new title of president of commercial banking for Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. -
Johnson Bank’s Hansen to Retire
Posted on July 7th, 2010 No commentsJohnson Financial Group announced that Richard Hansen would retire at the end of 2010 and be succeeded by Russell Weyers, the company’s chief operating officer. Hansen, 64, joined Johnson Bank in 1995, after heading the Madison operations of Firstar Bank. He was hand-picked by Sam Johnson, the patriarch of Racine’s Johnson family companies, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. -
Falbo Named CEO at Southport Bank
Posted on July 6th, 2010 No commentsMichael Falbo has been named president and CEO of the $400 million Southport Bank in Kenosha. The banking industry veteran succeeds Gerald Schwallier, who took over in June 2009 after the retirement of the bank’s founding president, Karl Ostby. Schwallier stepped aside last month to care for his wife. Read more in the Kenosha News. -
Baumgarten Named Bank Mutual President
Posted on April 10th, 2010 No commentsDavid Baumgarten, an executive vice president with Associated Bank, was named president of Bank Mutual. He succeeds Michael Crowley Jr., who remains as chairman and CEO. Crowley also is chairman, president and CEO of parent company Bank Mutual Corp. Read more in the Green Bay Press Gazette and the Milwaukee Business Journal.