EX-99.1 2 a991commerciallendingteam.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 COMMERCIAL LENDING TEAM Exhibit



Exhibit 99.1


First Community Financial Bank Adds Commercial Banking Team

Joliet, Ill, March 2, 2016 - First Community Financial Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCFP) (the “Company”), the parent company of First Community Financial Bank (“First Community” or the “Bank”), today announced the hiring of an experienced commercial banking team. The five-person team of seasoned banking professionals will focus on serving the needs of middle market companies with sales ranging from $5 to $250 million.

This dynamic team brings to the Bank extensive commercial banking experience and proven results building banking business and treasury services throughout Chicagoland.

Roy C. Thygesen, Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank, commented, “We are extremely excited to be able to attract such an experienced and dynamic commercial banking team to First Community. With the continued consolidation of the banking industry and market disruption in Chicago, we feel First Community continues to establish itself as an attractive alternative to larger banks serving our markets.”

This team will be led by Sean C. Gallagher, Senior Vice President. Sean brings to First Community 20 years of commercial banking experience serving the middle market. Sean commented, “We are very excited to join First Community.  This is a great opportunity for us to join an organization with a strong set of core values that align well with the family owned businesses that we work with.  First Community maintains a progressive platform and a flat structure that provide a competitive advantage in the Chicagoland market.  We look forward to building upon the already strong brand of First Community and helping to differentiate it from the competition.”

Joining Sean will be Robert C. Grimm, Senior Vice President; Matthew W. Manning, Vice President; John R. Bramlette, Assistant Vice President; and Syed L. Vakeel, Assistant Vice President. These team members have a combined 50+ years of commercial banking experience in First Community’s markets.

Donn P. Domico, Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Commercial Banking at First Community, concluded, “With the vast experience of this team serving our markets, we anticipate it will have an immediate and long-lasting impact on the Bank and its reputation in the marketplace both as a financial partner for local privately-held businesses, and as an employer of choice for commercial bankers in Chicagoland.”

About First Community Financial Partners, Inc.: First Community Financial Partners, Inc., headquartered in Joliet, Illinois, is a bank holding company whose common stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market (NASDAQ:FCFP). First Community Financial Partners has one bank subsidiary, First Community Financial Bank. First Community Financial Bank, based in Plainfield, Illinois, is a wholly owned banking subsidiary of First Community Financial Partners, with locations in Joliet, Plainfield, Homer Glen, Channahon, Naperville and Burr Ridge, Illinois. The Bank is dedicated to its founding principles by being actively involved in the communities it serves and providing exceptional personal service delivered by experienced local professionals.





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