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Erin Siegfried joins Northwest Bank as Chief Legal Officer
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Bank, a full-service financial institution offering a complete line of business and personal banking
About this update from Northwest Bancshares, Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwest Bank, a full-service financial institution offering a complete line of business and personal banking solutions, announced today the appointment of Erin Siegfried as chief legal counsel and corporate secretary.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n As a key member of Northwest Bank's executive leadership team, Siegfried will lead the company's legal function and provide strategic counsel to the team and Board of Directors. Reporting directly to the company's President and CEO Louis Torchio, Siegfried will direct the bank's legal strategy and oversee the execution of its day-to-day legal operations.\n \"I am pleased to welcome Erin to Northwest Bank. Erin's extensive experience advising large, complex organizations, including within the banking industry, from her roles as in-house counsel at a large regional bank and as a partner in a leading law firm, will be invaluable as Northwest continues to grow and transform,\" said Louis Torchio, President and CEO, Northwest Bank. \"In addition, Northwest will benefit from her expertise in supporting boards of publicly traded companies, as we navigate today's complex and evolving legal and regulatory landscape.\"\n \"I am excited to join Northwest and to work with its leadership team on the bank's continuing transformation,\" said Erin Siegfried, Chief Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Northwest Bank. \"Northwest is at a pivotal moment in its growth, and I look forward to partnering with its business leaders to deliver on our strategic goals, providing pragmatic, business-focused legal counsel to support our continued success.\"\n Siegfried brings almost 30 years of experience advising publicly traded companies on corporate law, securities law, executive compensation, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and other general business matters.\n Most recently, she served as a deputy general counsel for The Huntington National Bank, a role she held for more than seven years. There, she led a team responsible for the areas listed above, as well as for the Office of the Corporate Secretary, which oversees support for the company's Board of Directors. Additionally, Siegfried was actively involved in the bank's mergers and acquisitions activity, including providing advice on a number of key transactions over the past seven years. \n Prior t...