Ronald J. Seiffert

Ronald J. Seiffert joined Northwest in November 2017 as President and Chief Operating Officer of Northwest Bank and Northwest Bancshares, Inc. He was promoted to the position of President and CEO of Northwest Bank and Northwest Bancshares, Inc. in June of 2018, appointed to the Board of Directors of Northwest Bank on January 17, 2018 and elected to the Board of Directors of Northwest Bancshares, Inc. on April 19, 2018. Prior to joining Northwest, Mr. Seiffert held the position of Chairman, President & CEO at the Delaware County Bank & Trust, Lewis Centre, OH. Prior to that, he served as Vice Chairman at Huntington National Bank, and Executive Vice President and National Head of Business Banking at BankOne/JPMorgan Chase. Mr. Seiffert has been engaged in many industry and community boards, including the Pennsylvania Bankers’ Association Government Relations Committee, the Federal Reserve Board Fourth District Depository Institution Advisory Committee (CDIAC), the Ohio Banker’s League Bank Services Board and Audit Committee and the Columbus State Community College Foundation Board. Mr. Seiffert graduated from Washington University in St. Louis, MO with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance & Economics and is a graduate of the Advanced Executive Management program at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL and the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking. Mr. Seiffert has deep and extensive knowledge of commercial banking, retail services, private banking and delivery channels, making him well qualified to be our President, Chief Executive Officer and member of both Northwest Boards.