Iowa’s MidWestOne appoints three board members

Iowa City-based MidWestOne Financial Group appointed three board members, including two to the holding company's board and one to the board of subsidiary MidWestOne Bank. .Azeemuddin Ahmed and Carl Chaney are joining the boards of both MidWestOne Financial and MidWestOne Bank. Wesley Hartig is joining the board of MidWestOne Bank. Ahmed is a clinical professor of emergency medicine at the University of Iowa, executive vice chair at the University of Iowa Department of Emergency Medicine and medical director of Kinnick Stadium and Carver Hawkeye Arena. .Chaney served as chair of Beach Community Bank until December 2022, and is the former president and CEO of Gulfport, Miss.-based bank holding company Hancock Whitney Corp. He has more than 35 years of banking experience..Hartig is CEO of Dubuque, Iowa-based pharmacy benefits firm MedOne Pharmacy Benefit Solutions. He's also worked at health care technology-focused venture capital firm Martin Ventures. ."These three leaders bring outstanding, diverse strengths to our board of directors," said MidWestOne Financial Group CEO Charles Reeves. "Mr. Hartig and Dr. Ahmed's knowledge of the health care industry, and their connectivity with the Dubuque and Iowa City communities respectively, will help lead our relationship driven operating model. Mr. Chaney's deep financial and regulatory expertise at banks up to $25 billion will assist us greatly as we scale MidWestOne in the future."