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PrivateBancorp Inc. of Chicago has hired Roger Pillsbury, James A. Meyer, and Randy D. Olver to be managing directors of its Wisconsin unit.
The three joined the $129 million-asset PrivateBank of Milwaukee from Chicago's LaSalle Bank Corp. where they had each been senior vice presidents.
Mr. Pillsbury led LaSalle's central region, which is headquartered in Milwaukee. He started with the bank in 1995 when he established a commercial banking division in Wisconsin.
Mr. Meyer was the Wisconsin division head.
Mr. Olver managed the regional corporate banking division in LaSalle's Wisconsin office after having worked 17 years at U.S. Bank in Milwaukee.
First Merchants Corp., of Muncie, Ind., has hired Michael J. Stewart to be executive vice president and chief banking officer of the $3.8 billion-asset company.
Mr. Stewart was the executive vice president of corporate banking at National City Bank and was responsible for the upper-middle-market banking segment in Indiana and Ohio. During 17 years at Cleveland's National City, he held a variety of titles, including chief credit officer. Mr. Stewart began his career in 1988 at Summit Bank.
Firstbank Corp. in Alma, Mich., has hired Paul C. Williams to be its controller.
Mr. Williams was a vice president and the chief financial officer at Ionia County National Bank, where he had worked since 2001.
Before that he was an assistant vice president and the controller at West Michigan Community Bank. And earlier he held senior accounting posts at local banks, including corporate accounting officer at Old Kent Bank. Fifth Third Bancorp bought Old Kent in 1997. Firstbank has $1.4 billion of assets.
SOUTHEASTFirst Bank and Trust, a New Orleans unit of First Trust Corp., has promoted Fred V. Beebe to market president.
He is to remain the Community Reinvestment Act officer, a title he has held since last year, and is to be based in Baton Rouge. Mr. Beebe had been the senior vice president of retail banking since 2006. He joined the $653 million-asset bank in 1999 as a vice president of commercial lending.
Whitney Holding Corp. in New Orleans has hired Francisco DeArmas to be its executive vice president of operations and technology.
Before joining Whitney, Mr. DeArmas was the chief architecture officer of global applications and architecture at GMAC Financial Services, where he had worked since 2003. Earlier he had held various posts, including first vice president of investment and strategic technologies services at Comerica Bank. Mr. DeArmas succeeds Rodney D. Chard, who is to retire this year. Whitney Holding has $10.5 billion of assets.
WESTTamalpais Bank in San Rafael, Calif., has hired Jamie Williams to be director of commercial and retail banking and an executive vice president.
Mr. Williams came to the $541 million-asset bank from Greater Bay Bank Marin, where he became the president and chief executive officer in 2004. (Wells Fargo & Co. bought the Marin bank's parent, Greater Bay Bancorp, last year.)
Desert Commercial Bank in Palm Desert, Calif., has hired Jack Brittain Jr. to be executive vice president and the chief credit officer.
Since 2005 Mr. Brittain had worked for Temecula Valley Bank as executive vice president and division manager and also for MetroPacific Bank in Irvine, Calif. Earlier he had worked at Valley Independent Bank from 1988 to 2005, where most recently he was an executive vice president and the chief credit officer. The Dutch Rabobank Group bought Valley Independent in 2002.
Desert Commercial has $155 million of assets.
Credit One Bank in Las Vegas has hired Mamta Kapoor to be its senior vice president of acquisition marketing. Through direct mail, telephone sales, and online origination, she is responsible to expand the customer base. Ms. Kapoor worked at HSBC Bank Nevada in several posts since 1994, including, most recently, director of global resourcing for North America which gave her oversight of the partner selection team for the offshore operations of HSBC's credit card division.
Credit One has $94 million of assets.
