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Midwest Banc Holdings Inc. of Melrose Park, Ill., has hired David M. Viar as its chief investment officer and an executive vice president.
Mr. Viar was the manager of funding and investments at Integra Bank Corp. of Evansville, Ind. Before that he had similar jobs at CNB Bancshares Inc. of Evansville, which Fifth Third Bancorp bought in 1999; and Dominion Bankshares Inc. of Roanoke, Va., which First Union Corp. (now Wachovia Corp.) bought in 1993.
He has 25 years of financial services experience.
Midwest Banc has $2.5 billion of assets and owns Midwest Bank and Trust Co., Midwest Bank of Western Illinois, Midwest Financial and Investment Services Inc., and Midwest Bank Insurance Services LLC.
American Community Bancorp Inc. of Evansville, Ind., said Michael S. Sutton will succeed Thomas L. Austerman as its president and chief executive officer and the CEO of its $159 million-asset Bank of Evansville on Feb. 4.
Mr. Austerman is to retire.
Mr. Sutton is the executive vice president of the holding company, which was formed in September. He joined the bank in 2000, when it was organized; in August he was named its president - a title he will retain.
MIDDLE ATLANTICS&T Bank of Indiana, Pa., has hired William Garvey as a vice president of commercial lending.
His job is to develop business in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County for the $3 billion-asset unit of S & T Bancorp Inc.
Mr. Garvey was a vice president of private banking at Dollar Bank of Pittsburgh. Before that he had been a vice president and commercial lender at PNC Bank.
WESTAmerican Business Bank of Los Angeles has hired Mark Martinez as the manager of its newly formed asset-based lending department and a vice president.
Mr. Martinez had been a vice president of the asset-based loan department of Mellon 1st Business Bank for the last 12 years. Before that he had been an account manager in the asset-based lending group at Metrobank, which Comerica Inc. bought in 1995.
Columbia State Bank of Tacoma has made vice president Mary Ann Haglund a senior vice president.
Ms. Haglund is the head of the $1.9 billion-asset bank's cash management and online banking departments. She joined the Columbia Banking System Inc. unit in 1994.
The bank has also made Lori Meyer a retail operations manager for Pierce, Kitsap, and Thurston counties.
Ms. Meyer, who is a vice president, was a branch manager. She has 21 years of experience in the financial services industry.
