EX-23.1 2 exhibit23consent.htm CONSENT exhibit23consent.htm
Exhibit 23.1
 
 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm




We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 33-1803) of the Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan of our report dated June 14, 2007, on our audits of the statements of net assets available for benefits of Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, which report appears in the December 31, 2006 annual report on Form 11-K of Peoples Bancorp Inc. Retirement Savings Plan.


/s/
BKD, LLP
  
 
BKD, LLP
  


Cincinnati, Ohio
June 18, 2007