Great Western Bancorp, Inc. Elects Two Members to its Board of Directors
09 February 2016 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Great Western Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: GWB) today announced that its
stockholders have elected two nominated directors to its Board of
Directors. The vote was approved at the Great Western Bancorp, Inc.
annual stockholder meeting on February 8, 2016. The re-elected
directors include Ken Karels and James Spies. Both Karels and Spies
will hold the office until 2019.
Ken Karels has served as President and CEO of Great
Western Bancorp, Inc. since 2010 and is also the President and CEO
of its wholly owned subsidiary Great Western Bank. Mr. Karels has
38 years of banking experience and was recently appointed to the
Federal Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board.
James Spies is President and CEO of Spies Corporation, a
privately-held company that owns, operates and develops real
estate. Mr. Spies has served as a director on the Bank board since
1983 and was first elected to the Bancorp board in 2015.
Additionally, the stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst
& Young LLP as Great Western Bancorp’s independent registered
public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2016.
About Great Western Bancorp, Inc.
Great Western Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for Great
Western Bank, a full-service regional bank focused on
relationship-based business and agribusiness banking. Great Western
Bank offers small and mid-sized businesses a focused suite of
financial products and a range of deposit and loan products to
retail customers through several channels, including the branch
network, online banking system, mobile banking applications and
customer care centers. As of December 31, 2015, the bank services
its customers through 158 branches in seven states: South Dakota,
Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona, Kansas and Missouri. To learn
more about Great Western Bank visit www.greatwesternbank.com.
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