Arthur G. Heise

Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc. is a diversified financial services company, which provides a full range of banking and financial services to individuals and businesses through its banking subsidiary, Citizens Bank. Its services include deposit products, loan products, and other consumer-oriented financial services such as safe deposit and night depository facilities, wealth management services and Automated Teller Machines. The company operates five major business lines: Regional Banking, Specialty Consumer, Specialty Commercial, Wealth Management and Other. The Regional Banking provides a wide range of lending, depository, and other related financial services to both individual consumers and businesses. The products and services offered to consumer clients include: direct loans, home equity loans and lines of credit, checking, savings and money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and fixed and variable annuities, as well as private banking services for affluent clients. The Specialty Consumer includes the indirect consumer and the residential mortgage portfolios. The Specialty Commercial provides a full range of lending, depository, and related financial services to commercial real estate developers, owners of multi-unit commercial properties, and middle-market companies. Products and services offered include commercial mortgages, term loans, revolving credit arrangements, letters of credit, inventory and accounts receivable financing, and leveraged cash flow lending. The Wealth Management offers a broad array of asset management, financial planning, estate settlement and trust administration, credit and deposit products and services. The Other line of business includes activities that are not directly attributable to one of the primary business lines. Citizens Republic was founded in 1871 and is headquartered in Flint, MI.

Mercantile Bancorp, Inc. provides consumer, commercial banking and trust services. The company products include noninterest-bearing demand, interest-bearing demand, savings and negotiable order of withdrawal, checking, and time accounts. It offers asset management services including trust, estate, and agency management; fiduciary services, retail brokerage services, agricultural business management services and other customer services. The company is headquartered in Quincy, IL.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants provides vocational education in accounting. The company provides services to the accounting community, regulatory bodies, and other organizations. It also operates in Jersey City, Washington, and Lewisville. It was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

The Institute of Internal Auditors is an international professional association that serves over 235,000 members and has awarded more than 190,000 certified internal auditor (CIA) certifications worldwide. The non-profit company is based in Lake Mary, USA and has subsidiaries in more than 170 countries and territories. Established in 1941, the IIA is recognized throughout the world as the internal audit profession's leader in standards, certifications, education, research, and technical guidance. Anthony J. Pugliese has been the CEO of the American company since 2021.

Associated Bank NA engages in the provision of banking and non-banking financial services to individuals and businesses. It offers personal, business, commercial, and wealth services. The company was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Green Bay, WI.