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
Wichita, Kan.-based CU of America named David Germann chief lending officer, the Wichita Business Journal reported.
Germann was most recently senior vice president of retail branch operations at the credit union.
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Maureen Raihle and John Ver Bockel joined First Republic Bank unit First Republic Investment Management Inc. as managing directors and wealth managers.
They were previously managing directors at Merrill Private Wealth Management.
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Asheville, N.C.-based HomeTrust Bancshares Inc.'s board will be reduced to nine members upon the retirement of Robert Dinsmore Jr. as a director, effective at the completion of the annual meeting on Nov. 18.
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Wilmington, N.C.-based Live Oak Bancshares Inc. appointed David Salyers to its board, effective Oct. 3. He was also appointed to the board of unit Live Oak Banking Co.
Salyers recently retired as the executive responsible for growth and hospitality for Atlanta-based fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A Inc.
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John Eggemeyer II was appointed an independent director of Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Northpointe Bancshares Inc. and unit Northpointe Bank. His appointment expands the board to six directors, five of whom are independent.
Eggemeyer is founder and managing principal of Castle Creek Capital LLC.
Financial services
BlackRock Inc. named Manish Mehta global head of human resources, effective Oct. 7, Reuters reported, citing a memo.
Mehta replaces Rob Fairbairn, who became interim head of human resources in July.
Mehta was the global head of ETFs and index investments markets and investments at the company. Replacing him there are Samara Cohen and Alan Mason, who will work as co-heads.
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Nicholas DiGiuseppe joined F1 Payments as chief architect and technical officer.
DiGiuseppe was previously a principal engineer in designing and building Verizon's next generation Amazon Web Services global electronic payments platform.
F1 Payments, a financial technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas, is a registered ISO of Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank.
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David Golob resigned as a director of Prosper Marketplace Inc. on Oct. 1.
Golob, a partner at one of the company's equity investors, Francisco Partners, will remain active as a board observer.
He resigned as a Prosper Marketplace director due to Francisco Partners' prospective business relationship with an affiliate of Prosper Marketplace's independent registered public accountant, Deloitte & Touche LLP, which could have affected Deloitte's independence had he continued to serve Prosper Marketplace in a board member capacity.
