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Wintrust Strengthens Northwest Indiana Team with Business Banker Bill Gertner

Wintrust Strengthens Northwest Indiana Team with Business Banker Bill Gertner

Newsroom / Wintrust Strengthens Northwest Indiana Team with Business Banker Bill Gertner

CROWN POINT, IN – August 5, 2026 – Wintrust Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: WTFC) today announced the addition of Bill Gertner, Senior Vice President - Market Executive LaPorte County.

In his new role, Gertner will lead Wintrust’s business development expansion efforts in Northwest Indiana. Gertner brings more than 22 years of business and community development experience in the Michigan City and LaPorte County areas.

“Bill has spent more than two decades building relationships and helping businesses grow in Northwest Indiana. He knows this market and the people in it as well as anyone,” said Tully Kari Group Executive Vice President for Business Banking. “Business owners in LaPorte County deserve a banking partner who is invested in their success and that’s exactly what Wintrust, along with Bill’s leadership, intends to be.”

“I’m thrilled to join Wintrust and lead our expansion into the LaPorte County market,” Gertner said. “I’ve called this community home for many years, and I look forward to deepening our business development footprint in the area, delivering what matters most – exceptional customer service.”

About Bill Gertner

Gertner joins Wintrust from Horizon Bank where he was Vice President Senior Commercial Loan Officer.  Gertner’s career background spans business and community development, commercial lending, construction financing, and retail management.

Over the years, Gertner has also been an active community leader across Northwest Indiana, serving on the Michigan City Redevelopment Commission, Michigan City Redevelopment Authority, LaPorte County United Way, Michigan City Chamber of Commerce, LaPorte County YMCA, LaPorte Urban Enterprise Association, and Junior Achievement. Gertner is an alumnus of Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.), in Business Administration and Management.  

About Wintrust

Wintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $74.7 billion in assets whose common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Guided by its “Different Approach, Better Results” philosophy, Wintrust offers the sophisticated resources of a large bank while providing a community banking experience to each customer. Wintrust operates more than 200 retail banking locations through 16 community bank subsidiaries in the greater Chicago, southern Wisconsin, west Michigan, northwest Indiana, and southwest Florida market areas. In addition, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units, providing residential mortgage origination, wealth management, commercial and life insurance premium financing, short-term accounts receivable financing/outsourced administrative services to the temporary staffing services industry, and qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges. For more information, please visit wintrust.com.

Contact: Jeremy Herte
Phone: 847-268-0834
Mobile: 708-941-4029
Email: jeremy.herte@wintrust.com

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