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Good Named CEO Of Busey Bank
[September 09, 2007]

Good Named CEO Of Busey Bank


(InvesTrend Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)
September 10, 2007 (FinancialWire) Thomas Good has been named president
and chief executive officer First Busey Corp.'s (NASDAQ: BUSE) Busey
Bank, N.A. unit. He currently serves as executive vice president of
risk management for First Busey, and will continue to fulfill his
corporate duties.
Good replaces Mike Geml, who will continue to serve as chairman of
Busey Bank, N.A. until December 31, at which time he will retire. Geml
plans to assume the duties of an outside director and consultant to the
company. "
David Mills will transition to chairman of Busey Bank on January 1,
2008 is, while continuing to serve as EVP of mergers and acquisitions
for First Busey Corp.
Port Charlotte, Florida Busey Bank, N.A. has nine banking centers
serving the Counties of Lee, Charlotte and Sarasota, Florida. The bank
had total assets of $445 million as of June 30.
Urbana, Illinois-based First Busey Corp. is a diversified financial
holding company with three wholly-owned banking subsidiaries with
locations in three states.
Its Urbana, Illinois Busey Bank has 22 banking centers. Busey Bank also
has a banking center in Indianapolis, Indiana, and a loan production
office in Ft. Myers, Florida.
On June 30, Busey Bank had total assets of $2 billion. Busey also owns
Main Street Bank & Trust of Champaign, Illinois, which has 23 banking
centers. Busey Investment Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of First
Busey, and owns three subsidiaries, including First Busey Trust &
Investment Co., First Busey Securities, Inc., and Busey Insurance
Services.
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