S&P Global Market Intelligence presents a daily roundup of management and board changes in the financial services and bank and thrift industries. This feature excludes key C-level leadership changes, which are covered separately, and stories previously covered by S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Banking
Marietta, Ohio-based Peoples Bancorp Inc. appointed Timothy Lathe to its board and that of its unit Peoples Bank.
Lathe is the former president and CEO of FB Corp.
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Olympia, Wash.-based Heritage Financial Corp. unit Heritage Bank named Steve Gahler executive vice president and chief marketing officer in Seattle.
Gahler has held leadership positions at various Seattle-based companies.
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Renton, Wash.-based First Financial Northwest Inc. said Daniel Stevens became chairman of the company and units First Financial Northwest Bank and First Financial Diversified Corp. He replaces Roger Molvar, who will continue as a director of the companies.
Also, director Patricia Remch resigned from the companies' board, effective Oct. 15, due to personal reasons.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. tapped Michael Foster, managing director, to lead J.P. Morgan Private Bank's new Pittsburgh location, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported.
Myah Irick was appointed executive director at the unit. She relocated from Chicago and previously held the same title at the company.
Foster previously was managing director of portfolio management for BNY Mellon Wealth Management.
Financial services
Encore Capital Group Inc. elected Angela Knight and Jeffrey Hilzinger to its board.
Knight is a former member of the British Parliament and chief executive of the British Bankers' Association. Hilzinger is president, CEO and director of Marlin Business Services Corp.
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Granite Point Mortgage Trust appointed Michael Karber as general counsel, effective Jan. 1, 2020. He has been with the company since its inception and has served as deputy general counsel and assistant secretary of the company since 2018.
General Counsel Rebecca Sandberg will continue as secretary of Granite Point.
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National Rural Utilities Coop Finance director Gregory Williams decided to not stand for reelection due to personal reasons.
Williams will continue in his position until the end of his current term.
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Golub Capital LLC added Joshua Haldi and Michael Nebel to its sponsor coverage team.
Haldi joins the middle market lending team as a director from NXT Capital Inc. Nebel was promoted to a director in middle market ending from a senior underwriter.
