Madison, Wis.-based First Business Bank CFO Edward Sloane Jr. will retire next March. The bank plans to name current Chief Accounting Officer Brian Spielmann to succeed him. Spielmann is expected to serve as deputy CFO and the CAO until he assumes Sloane Jr.’s current role. Spielmann, who joined the bank in 2006, held a variety … Read more
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President and CEO Esther George will retire in January after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65. [Continue]
The Wisconsin Bankers Association recently recognized retired Wisconsin banker Kathy Harle for her six decades in banking. [Continue]
Veteran Iowa banker Thomas Pohlman has resigned as chair of Ames National Corporation; Patrick Hagan replaces him. [Continue]
Aberdeen, S.D.-based Dacotah Bank Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Mike Hollan retired March 31 to become a senior adviser. Kristen Fauth was promoted to Hollan’s former positions. Hollan graduated from Northern State University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and a minor in economics. He graduated with a Master of … Read more
Wells Fargo Minnesota CEO Laurie Nordquist is retiring, according to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Her last day in the position will be April 8. Nordquist, Wells Fargo’s lead region president for the Upper Midwest, started her career with the bank in 1990, when it was still Norwest. She was previously the head of the … Read more
Judy Guttau, a key leader at Treynor, Iowa-based TS Bank, will retire on May 1 after 43 years at the bank. As she’s donned many hats over the years, her main goal has remained the same: Embodying the commitment of TS Bank to its employees and the communities it serves, a promise she’s made good on in many ways. [Continue]
Scott Wilson, former CEO of Solera National Bank in Lakewood, Colo., and its holding company, has left both positions. [Continue]
Iowa City-based MidWestOne Bank CEO Charlie Funk will retire later this year after a storied four-decade career. [Continue]
Associated Bank Chief Financial Officer Christopher J. Del Moral-Niles will retire from the company this year. Moral-Niles said retiring was a decision made by both he and President/CEO Andrew Harmening, “to attend to personal matters and my family’s interests, as well as to continue serving on a number of boards.” Moral-Niles, who joined Associated Bank … Read more