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Last Word
A Conversation With Peter Crist
When Peter Crist was asked to join the board of Rosemont, Illinois-based Wintrust Financial Corp. in 1996, one thing that attracted him was the background of its then-CEO, Edward Wehmer: He had been a chief financial officer. Crist, who served as the $60 billion bank’s chairman from 2008 to 2017 and today is chairman of its nominating and corporate governance committee, is also chairman of CristKolder Associates, a Chicago executive search firm. He thinks CFOs often make the best bank CEOs. He recently talked with Bank Director magazine about why. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Ed…
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John Engen
Contributing Writer
John Engen is a contributing writer for Bank Director. He has more than 30 years of experience as a business journalist, writing for a variety of newspapers and magazines, and was a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press. He graduated with a degree in economics and international relations from the University of Minnesota and did his post-graduate work in Asian studies at the University of Hawai’i.