First Bank Welcomes New Senior Vice President

Ben Kelley has joined First Bank as a Senior Vice President, Manager for the Midwest Business Banking Group.

Kelley will be responsible for leading First Bank’s Midwest Business Banking Group as well as managing a team of business banking relationship managers and supporting First Bank’s Midwest branch network.

“My goal is to help First Bank continue down the path of being the preferred business bank of choice,” said Kelley.

Prior to joining First Bank, Kelley served as a Senior Relationship Manager for Commerce Bank’s Business Banking division. He has more than 12 years of banking and finance experience.

Kelley has a BA in political science from the University of Missouri at Columbia and a MBA from Fontbonne University.

He lives in Fenton, Missouri.

First Bank firstbanks.com is one of the largest privately owned banks in the country with $5.93 billion in assets and 111 locations in Missouri, Illinois, and California.