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Bankers’ Bank Hires Terry Buhler,
Matthew Sitkowski & Tom Thompson
Terry Buhler has joined First Vice President – Commercial Banker,
Bankers’ Bank as First Vice with relationship and business development
President heading up our responsibility in the Northern Illinois area.
Mortgage department. He has He has extensive experience in business
over 30 years of experience development with commercial banks and
in the mortgage industry with financial institutions, covering assetbased and
wide-ranging capability in the cash flow lending. His 30 years in commercial
Terry residential mortgage area. lending includes roles in audit, underwriting,
Buhler Terry has spent the last 20 credit analysis, portfolio management, credit
years with a Madison-based restructuring, and originations. Tom joins
bank overseeing various areas Bankers’ Bank after spending the last 10 years
of the residential mortgage area. We anticipate with a Chicago-based commercial bank. Tom
community mortgages to grow significantly in the received a BS degree from the University of
coming years and we’re glad to have someone Illinois - Champaign and an MBA in finance
with his experience leading those efforts. and marketing from the University of Illinois -
Matthew Sitkowski has Chicago. He is also honored to serve as a Board
joined Bankers’ Bank as Member for Special Olympics Illinois.
Executive Vice President Bankers’ Bancorporation, Inc. is the
and Chief Financial Offer. He parent company of Bankers’ Bank, a bank-
has extensive experience in owned correspondent based in Madison, Wis.,
community banking in the since 1981. Bankers’ Bank serves community-
areas of finance, accounting, minded financial institutions of all sizes across
Matthew operations, information the Midwest through support offices in the
Sitkowski technology, human resources, Springfield, Ill., Des Moines, and Indianapolis
compliance and strategic areas. As an independent source of non-
planning. Most recently, Matt competing financial services, the Bank serves
was EVP and CFO for a a market of over 800 financial institutions. We
$500 million asset community do not serve the general public; therefore, we
bank in the Chicago area. In never compete with our clients for business.
addition to overseeing our Our services strictly support our customer
Finance department, Matt will banks, providing them with effective tools to be
also have the IT, Operations, competitive and best assist their customers.
and HR departments reporting More information is available at
to him. www.BankersBankUSA.com.
Tom Tom Thompson recently
Thompson joined Bankers’ Bank as
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