Bank Director Magazine Announces Line-up for 2005 M&A Conference
Prominent Bankers and Industry Experts To Provide Insight on Banking Trends, Growth Options
December 1, 2004 – Nashville, Tenn. – Bank Director magazine today announced the featured speakers for its 11th annual "Acquire or Be Acquired" conference in Scottsdale, Ariz., January 30 – February 1, 2005. The event, which has become one of the premier merger and acquisition events in the financial services industry, aims to help financial institutions determine their worth and appropriate growth strategies.
The keynote speakers for the 2005 event include William J. Ryan, chairman, president and CEO of Banknorth Group Inc., and William A. Cooper, chairman and CEO of TCF Financial Corporation. Ryan will discuss his aggressive acquisition strategy to grow Banknorth Group, which is the third largest banking company in New England and was recently named the "Best Managed Bank in America." Cooper will address how his bank is growing through de novo expansions, starting new businesses, opening new branches, and offering new products and services while focusing on "customers the others think they don't want."
New sessions for 2005 will address methods for achieving growth without acquisitions and investigative strategies for due diligence. More breakout sessions and new discussion groups will offer conference participants the opportunity to interact and learn from fellow bankers and experts on topics such as: balance sheet strategies, the private versus public company dilemma, hidden costs of M&A, FAS 141 valuations issues, deal structuring, increasing shareholder returns, and management and board of director planning.
Other featured panelists include:
- H. Rodgin Cohen, chairman and partner of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Kenneth E. Edge, chairman, president, and CEO of AMCORE Financial Inc.
- Stephen H. Gordon, CEO of Commercial Capital Bancorp
- Peyton R. Patterson, chairman, president, and CEO of NewAlliance Bank
- Joseph D. Reid, chairman and CEO of Capital Bancorp Limited
- John K. Schmidt, EVP, COO, and CFO of Heartland Financial
- Burney S. Warren III, EVP of BB&T
"Financial services institutions face new challenges and opportunities amongst increasing competition in a continuously changing environment," said TK Kerstetter, president of Bank Director. "We have pulled together a select group of bankers with extensive experience that their peers can learn from, as well as prominent industry experts who can provide attendees with the knowledge they need in order to identify their organization's best growth strategy."
Participants who register by December 10 will receive an early rate discount. The first 85 conference registrants are invited to play in a free golf tournament Tuesday, February 1, at The Phoenician's USGA championship course. And those who register by January 13, 2005, will receive a free Profitability Measurement bank valuation, courtesy of Alex Sheshunoff Management Services. Additional information, including a complete conference schedule, can be found at www.bankdirector.com/conferences/.
Conference exhibitors and sponsors include Advest Inc., Austin Associates, Ernst & Young, Friedman Billings Ramsey, Graham & Dunn, Grant Thornton, Harland Financial Solutions, Hovde Financial, Informa Investment Solutions, Keefe Bruyette & Woods, MarshBerry, McGuire Performance Solutions, Milestone Advisors, Miller Hamilton Snider & Odom, Nixon Peabody, Northeast Capital, Pitney Hardin, RBC Capital Markets, RSM McGladrey, Ryan Beck & Co., Sandler O'Neill & Partners, and Strunk & Associates.
Note to Media:
Journalists are invited to attend the event at no cost but are responsible for travel and lodging arrangements and expenses. The event will be held at The Phoenician. If you would like to attend, please submit the following information for media credentialing via email to Jamie Tassa at jtassa@boardmember.com by Friday, January 14: Name, Title, News Organization, Address, Telephone, E-mail Address. For security reasons, only credentialed media will be permitted to attend. Additional information, including a complete schedule, will be forwarded to you, upon registration.
About Bank Director
Bank Director magazine is a leading information resource for officers and directors of financial institutions, credit unions, insurance companies, and investment advisers. The quarterly publication addresses subjects that help directors fulfill their boardroom responsibilities, such as strategic planning, technology investments, executive compensation, risk management, corporate governance, and legal and accounting issues. The magazine also maintains the most comprehensive, up-to-date database of directors and officers serving on boards of financial institutions. Headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., Bank Director is published by Board Member Inc. and is the sister publication of Corporate Board Member magazine, a leading information resource for officers and directors of publicly traded companies. For more information, visit www.bankdirector.com.
Contacts:
Jamie W. Tassa, Corporate Communications Officer
615-309-3247
jtassa@boardmember.com
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