First Defiance Names Executive

First Defiance Financial Corp., Defiance, Ohio, has promoted Dennis E. Rose Jr. to controller.

He will be responsible for internal and external financial reporting, lines of business profitability, and supervision of operations and procedures for the accounting department. He will also be controller of its subsidiary, First Federal Savings and Loan.

Mr. Rose had been accounting manager since last July and before that was a manager at Ernst & Young LLP.

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