John Griffith, executive vice president and chief risk officer of both the 1st Source corporation and 1st Source Bank, will retire, effective Dec. 31, 2025. Griffith has served the organization for almost 25 years, joining 1st Source in 2001 as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of the board. In 2011, he was elevated to executive vice president and chief risk officer, retaining his chief legal counsel responsibilities of both the bank and corporation.
“John’s dedicated service to 1st Source over the past 25 years will leave a lasting legacy,” Andrea Short, CEO and president of 1st Source and CEO of 1st Source Bank, said. “His commitment to our mission, culture and values has created a foundation for management of legal, regulatory and other risks designed to support the long-term success of both the bank and the corporation.”
Christopher Murphy, executive chairman of 1st Source and 1st Source Bank, said, “John has had an extraordinary career at the bank. He is cooperative and professional, sensitive to the needs of others, sufficiently accommodating, conscientious and responsible, with the ability to act decisively. We wish him well in his retirement and we trust he will always remain a great friend to the bank and corporation.”
Griffith holds an undergraduate degree in accounting from Washington University in St. Louis as well as a juris doctor degree from Cornell Law School. He retires with over 40 years of broad business and legal expertise, including 15 years of experience with law firms in Chicago as a banking, financial restructuring and insolvency lawyer. In addition to his tenure at 1st Source, Griffith has been an adjunct professor at the University of Notre Dame Law School since 2017.
