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Willard Bunn III Joins Colonnade Advisors

September 2012 

Willard Bunn III has joined Colonnade Advisors as a Managing Director. Willard has served as chairman, chief executive, and/or director of several commercial banks in the course of his 40 year career.

“Willard’s broad knowledge and long-standing relationships in both the banking and insurance sectors will bolster Colonnade’s advisory practice. We are delighted he has chosen to join us,” said Stuart Miller, founder of Colonnade.

Willard Bunn’s long career in the banking industry began at Chemical Bank in New York before he returned to Springfield in 1978 to serve as Executive Vice President, and eventually Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, of Marine Corporation, a multibank holding company with $1.2 billion of assets. Following Marine’s merger with Banc One, Willard was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Banc One Illinois Corporation, a position which he held until 1994. Willard went on to serve in various management positions with two investment banking firms.

Willard served as a Director of Baytree Bank of Lake Forest, Illinois from its founding in 2000 and as Chairman of the Bank from April 2010 to August 2012.

Willard serves on the Board of Directors of CIB Marine Bancshares, Inc., a bank holding company based in Waukesha, Wisconsin, that operates banking offices in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin.

He also serves on the Boards of Midland National Life Insurance Company and North American Company for Life and Health Insurance, insurance subsidiaries of the Sammons Financial Group.

In addition, Willard is a member of the Board of the Poetry Foundation, a literary organization and publisher of Poetry magazine.

Willard iholds a BA from Princeton University and an MBA from the University of Virginia.

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