MARIETTA, Ohio, Jan. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Peoples Bancorp
Inc. ("Peoples") (NASDAQ: PEBO) today announced that Terry T. Sweet has been elected to its Board of
Directors. He also joined the Board of Directors of Peoples'
Ohio state banking subsidiary,
Peoples Bank. Mr. Sweet, 65, is a former partner of KPMG LLP
("KPMG"), a professional services company and one of the "Big
Four" U.S. accounting firms, which is headquartered in
New York City, New York. He
retired from KPMG in 2012.
"We are delighted that Terry has joined our Board," said
David L. Mead, Peoples'
Chairman. "The knowledge he brings from nearly 34 years of
financial services industry public accounting experience
will be of tremendous value to us."
Chuck Sulerzyski, President and
Chief Executive Officer for Peoples, said that he too is pleased
with Sweet's election. "As an audit engagement partner and
bank practice leader with KPMG for many years, Terry oversaw the
execution of hundreds of financial institution audit
engagements. He is an excellent addition to our Board, and I
am thrilled that he has joined us."
Mr. Sweet was employed by KPMG from 1979 to 2012, and was
admitted as a partner in 1989. From 2006 to 2012, he was
Filing Review Partner for KPMG's U.S. Capital Markets Group in
London, England and New York City, New
York, where he served as the lead filing review partner for
the U.S. capital raises and related regulatory filings of KPMG's
largest financial services clients. From 1989 to 2006, he was
Audit Engagement Partner and SEC Reviewing Partner in the
Philadelphia office of KPMG where
he served as the lead audit partner on public and private banking
and finance company audits throughout the Mid-Atlantic area, and
performed concurring reviews on public company bank and finance
companies in his role as SEC reviewing partner. A Certified
Public Accountant, Mr. Sweet holds a Master in Business
Administration degree from Lehigh
University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pennsylvania
State University.
Peoples is a diversified financial products and services company
with $3.4 billion in assets, 79 sales
offices, including 71 full-service bank branches, and 78 ATMs in
Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. Peoples
makes available a complete line of banking, investment, insurance,
and trust solutions through its subsidiaries - Peoples Bank and
Peoples Insurance Agency, LLC. Peoples' common shares are traded on
the NASDAQ Global Select Market® under the symbol "PEBO", and
Peoples is a member of the Russell 3000 index of US publicly traded
companies. Learn more about Peoples at www.peoplesbancorp.com.
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