Wintrust board members Edward Wehmer and Scott Heitman will retire from the board next month. .Wehmer is expected to be appointed chair emeritus, and remains a founder and senior advisor. He opened the first Wintrust Community Bank branch in 1991 when he launched Lake Forest (Ill.) Bank & Trust. Wehmer, who has served on the board since Wintrust was initially formed as a public company in 1996, was president and CEO until 2023. Heitman joined Chicago-based Wintrust in 2008, and previously worked with LaSalle (Ill.) Bank Corp., Troy, Mich.-based Standard Federal Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago. “The leadership and expertise Ed and Scott have brought to our board of directors throughout their tenures cannot be summed up in a few words,” said Wintrust Chair H. Patrick Hackett, Jr. “We are immensely grateful to both Ed and Scott for their Board service as Wintrust has grown to the very successful $65 billion financial services enterprise it is today.”
