Ian Whinnem will join Civista Bancshares, the parent company of Civista Bank, as senior vice president and CFO on June 3. Whinnem will be a member of Civista’s executive leadership team report to Dennis G. Shaffer, the company’s president and CEO.

Whinnem has more than 25 years of corporate finance management experience in banking, including the past seven years as senior vice president and director of profitability management and capital utilization for Huntington Bancshares. He began his career with FirstMerit Corporation in 1998 and held various finance roles, including director of finance, prior to Huntington’s acquisition of FirstMerit in 2016.

“Ian brings with him a strong history of financial experience and insight into today’s financial services industry,” Shaffer said. “He will be an added thought leader to the executive team while overseeing the company’s bank and corporate finance functions.”

Civista Bancshares is a $3.9 billion financial holding company headquartered in Sandusky, OH.