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Division, where he is responsible for developing and implementing local sales and service strategies for the Small Business and Lower Middle Market segments within the entire Chicagoland marketplace. He directs business growth strategies, including market share, customer loyalty and all aspects of portfolio management.
Peter most recently served as Executive Vice President, Business Banking Division, a position to which he was appointed in March 2003.
Peter’s career at Harris began in 1976 when he joined the Bank’s College Training Program. In 1978, he became a member of the Banking Department and was named a Commercial Banking Officer and an Assistant Vice President. Subsequently, he was elected Vice President and Manager of the Human Resource and Training Division of the Banking Department and then named Division Manager of one of the bank's Middle Market Divisions. In 1986, he was named Division Manager of Midwest Banking’s Division A, serving Emerging Majors clients. In 1994, he was elected Senior Vice President and head of the Emerging Majors Midwest marketplace. In 1997, he was promoted to Executive Vice President in charge of Corporate Banking Midwest. In February 2000, Peter was named Executive Managing Director of the U.S. Investment Banking Group, where he served as co-head of the Chicago-based middle market investment and corporate bank.
Peter graduated from Amherst College and has attended Northwestern University 's Graduate School of Management and the Graduate School of Credit and Finance at Stanford University .
Peter is on the Board of Directors of Youth Guidance and on the Board of Managers at the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago. Peter is also a member of The Executive Club of Chicago and The Economic Club of Chicago. | 