Premier Bank sets CEO transition for March 31
Premier Bank sets CEO transition for March 31 Donald Hileman and Gary Small Premier Financial Corp., the parent company of Premier Bank, has set March 31 as the date for its long-planned CEO transition. Premier's holding company and banking subsidiary are based in Defiance and Youngstown, respectively. The company was created with the merger of First Defiance Financial Corp., which operated First Federal Bank of the Midwest, and United Community Financial Corp. (UCFC), the holding company for Home Savings Bank. That deal, valued at $473 million, was announced in September 2019 and closed in J...