First Place Bank names interim CEO

WARREN — First Place Bank today announced it has named an interim CEO.

Louis J. Dunham will replace Steven R. Lewis, who had the position for more than a decade before being terminated by the bank’s board for unspecified reasons in April.

Dunham will operate on an interim basis until the Office of the Comptroller of Currency, the bank’s primary regulator, approves the move.

The bank’s board had been seeking a replacement for Lewis. Last November, the company found itself off the Nasdaq Capital Market because of a failure to file multiple financial statements over a four-year period.

Dunham has 38 years of banking experience, according to a bank press release. Before First Bank, he served as CEO of other financial institutions, including American Home Bank of Chicago and the Mutual Bank, in Illinois.

First Place Bank is a subsidiary of Warren-based First Place Financial Corp., a $3.1 billion financial services holding company.