Beth Grossman, Director of the Banking Practice at ASG, announced that Kim Geeck accepted the position of Mortgage Underwriter for First Place Bank. Ms. Geeck is based in Grand Blanc, Michigan.  First Place Bank is a community, full-service bank based in Ohio that services customers throughout the Midwest.

Tom Blackwell, Director of the Banking & Financial practice, continues to work with PNC Mortgage to fill Loan Officer Positions. Another Loan Officer role has been filled by Debora Jost. She has many successful achievements throughout her career in the mortgage industry and is excited to be joining PNC Bank’s St. Charles, MO branch.

J.T. Westendorf, Executive Search Consultant, announced the successful placement of Paul Williams with West Shore Bank.  Mr. Williams has accepted the position of VP – Controller and will be based in Ludington, Michigan.

Don DeLaura, Managing Director, has completed a successful search for a Regional Market Lead position in Dallas, TX for Nationwide Insurance. Monica Paradis has been appointed to this position.  She has many successful achievements throughout her career as a seasoned marketing professional, and she is looking forward to her new role at Nationwide.

Mark Angott, President, recently completed a successful search for Bank of Ann Arbor.  Michael Michon has been named the Market President of Plymouth.  Mr. Michon is excited to be joining the team at Bank of Ann Arbor which is a $1.2billion community bank that has been providing quality financial services to the communities it serves for the last decade.

Steve Wassman at Angott Search Group is pleased to announce the placement of Bill Antar into the Senior Caliper Engineer role with Advics. Advics, founded jointly in 2001 by Aisian Seiki, Denso Corporation, Sumitomo Electric Industries and Toyota, is a brake system development and marketing company. Mr. Antar will be based in Michigan.

J.T. Westendorf teamed up with Mark Angott and is pleased to announce several placements of Malcolm Williams, Jessica Holland, Robert Whitaker and Kirstyn Monroe as Business Banking Officers with Flagstar Bank. These candidates possess outstanding and extensive background in business banking and are highly regarded in this field. Flagstar is excited to welcome these individuals to their Michigan team!
Also, Tom Blackwell successfully worked to fill two more positions with Flagstar Bank The searches were successfully completed when Rick Meils accepted the position of Personal Banker and Brad Condon accepted the position of Business Banker. Both Mr. Meils and Mr. Condon are looking forward to transitioning in these new roles and will be based in the Indianapolis branch.