MADISON, Wis. - (05/25/05) -- Pete Crear, longtime executive atCUNA, was named Tuesday as new chief executive at the World Councilof CUs. Crear will succeed Arthur Arnold, who led WOCCU for fiveyears before leaving in January to return to his home in theNetherlands. Brian Branch has been serving as interim presidentsince then. Crear has more than 40 years experience in the creditunion movement and served as vice president of the Michigan CULeague and president of the Connecticut and Indiana credit unionleagues, before moving to CUNA, where he served until the first ofthe year as senior vice president.
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