Wayne Savings Bancshares Inc., the holding company parent of Wayne Savings Community Bank, announced that the Board of Directors has appointed H. Stewart Fitz Gibbon III to the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer of the company and the Bank, effective November 3, 2014. As announced on March 17, 2014, Rod C. Steiger, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company will retire on December 31, 2014. Mr. Fitz Gibbon joined the company and the Bank in September, 2005 starting as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer and advancing to Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Secretary and Treasurer of the Company and President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Secretary, Treasurer and Director of the Bank prior to this new appointment.

Mr. Fitz Gibbon has over 30 years of experience in the banking industry.