Mark G. Sander

Mark Sander is President, Chief Operating Officer and a director of First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. and First Midwest Bank. He has direct management responsibility for the operating performance of the Bank, including oversight of the Company’s commercial, consumer and wealth management lines of business, as well as credit administration, operations, information technology, marketing and communications.

Mr. Sander has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining First Midwest Mr. Sander served as Executive Vice President, Head of Commercial Banking at Associated Banc-Corp where he oversaw Associated’s commercial banking, treasury management, insurance brokerage and capital markets businesses. He also served as a member of the Associated’s Executive and ALCO Committees. Previously, he served as a Commercial Banking Executive at Bank of America and in numerous leadership positions in commercial banking as Executive Vice President at LaSalle Bank, a $110 billion asset subsidiary of ABN AMRO, N.V., including serving as Corporate Executive Vice President.

Mr. Sander earned an MBA from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Illinois. He is a member of the Executive Committee of The Banker’s Club of Chicago and an active member of the Economic Club of Chicago. Mr. Sander is involved in the Brookfield Zoo/Chicago Zoological Society and the College of Business at the University of Illinois.