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Amcore Financial Inc. of Rockford, Ill., has named Donald H. Wilson its president and chief operating officer.
The operating post is a new position at the $5.3 billion-asset holding company. As the president, Mr. Wilson succeeded Ken Edge, who will remain the chairman and chief executive officer.
Mr. Wilson will remain Amcore's chief financial officer, a job he has held since early last year, until a successor is found.
Before joining Amcore he had held various jobs at M&I Marshall & Ilsley Bank in Milwaukee and LaSalle Bank, a Chicago unit of ABN Amro Holding NV. He began his banking career at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Marine Bank of Wauwatosa, Wis., has hired Chuck Ponicki as its Wisconsin market president.
He will oversee its four branches in Franklin, Milwaukee, Pewaukee, and Wauwatosa. (The bank also has branches in Scottsdale, Ariz., Indianapolis, and Carmel, Ind.)
Mr. Ponicki was manager of the branch network, customer service, and community development lending groups at Cole Taylor Bank of Chicago.
Before that he had worked for 18 years at Bank One Corp. (now part of JPMorgan Chase & Co.) and a predecessor, First Chicago NDB Corp., most recently as the leader of Bank One's small-business banking group.
The $406 million-asset Marine Bank is one of three banks owned by the $987 million-asset CIB Marine Bancshares Inc.
MidCountry Financial Corp. of Kansas City, Mo., has named Joe Freeman the chief operating officer of its military banking division, Pioneer Services.
Mr. Freeman was the chief lending officer and, before that, the chief strategy officer of the division, which became part of MidCountry when it bought Pioneer Financial Services Inc. in June.
MidCountry has $1 billion of assets.
MIDDLE ATLANTICCenter Bancorp Inc. of Union, N.J., has named Anthony C. Weagley the acting president and chief executive officer for the company and its $1 billion-asset Union Center National Bank.
He succeeded John J. Davis, who has retired but will remain on the boards of the company and the bank.
Mr. Weagley is also the chief financial officer and treasurer for the company and the bank.
SOUTHEASTMidCarolina Financial Corp. of Burlington, N.C., has promoted Charles T. Canaday Jr. to president and chief executive officer of the company and its $436 million-asset MidCarolina Bank.
He succeeded Randolph J. Cary Jr., who was "terminated" Aug. 13, MidCarolina Financial said.
Mr. Canaday was the chief operating officer and an executive vice president of the company and the bank.
Appalachian Community Bank of Ellijay, Ga., has hired Gary A. Middleton as its regional president for Chatsworth and parts of Murray and Whitfield counties.
Mr. Middleton was the president and chief executive officer of the $156 million-asset First National Bank of Chatsworth, where he had worked since 1992.
Before that he had been an executive vice president at Hardwick Bank and Trust Co. of Dalton, which BB&T Corp. bought in 2001. He began his career as a teller at First National Bank of Dalton, now part of Wachovia Corp.
Appalachian Community Bank is one of two units of the $827 million-asset Appalachian Bancshares Inc.
WESTBank of Napa in California said Don McDonel has retired as its president and chief executive officer.
Tom LeMasters, an executive vice president and the chief financial officer of the $31 million-asset bank, will serve as the president and CEO until a successor is named.
Pacific Coast National Bancorp of San Clemente, Calif., has hired Stanley M. Cruse as its chief credit officer and an executive vice president.
Mr. Cruse had the same job and title at Discovery Bank, a $171 million-asset unit of Discovery Bancorp in San Marcos. He has 35 years of commercial banking experience, including jobs at Business Bank of California.
Pacific Coast National has $61 million of assets.
