Associated Banc-Corp has announced the appointment of Cheryl Dowsett as the new senior vice president, director of compliance, where she oversees the compliance program for the associated investment services division. Dowsett joins Associated Bank with 22 years in the financial services industry and holding leadership positions with BMO Harris Private Bank as chief compliance officer and M & I Financial Advisors as chief compliance officer. In these roles, she was responsible for developing, implementing and administering all aspects of a comprehensive Compliance Risk Management Program through close working relationships with various lines of business.

Timothy Koeppen joins Associated Bank as senior vice president, director of consumer loan operations. In this role he is responsible for managing retail consumer loan application processing. Koeppen's specialties include strategic planning, product management, new product development, and change management.

He formerly served as senior retail loan manager with BMO Harris Bank where he managed the centralized underwriting, document preparation, and renewal process for retail loans for a portfolio valued at over $7 billion. Jennifer Mattson joins the Associated Legal Team as senior vice president, associate counsel. She is responsible for supporting the Retail Banking division with legal and audit counsel and support.

Prior to joining Associated Bank, Mattson was senior corporate counsel with Digital River Inc. where she served as lead counsel for the organization's payments business and SME on payments and bank relationships. Bob Simmons has been hired as vice president, business solutions director, with Associated Bank. In this role he is responsible for providing technology solutions to the risk, audit, and legal divisions of the enterprise.

Simmons is an experienced technology professional with 15 years in the industry. He previously served as principal consultant with RM Simmons Consulting where he facilitated leadership development for senior IT executives.