Michael Morton

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Biography

Mr. Michael Morton served as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer at MB Financial Bank. From March 2008 until the MB-Taylor Capital merger, Mr. Morton was Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer of Cole Taylor Bank. As chief credit officer, Mr. Morton directed a wide range of risk management functions including credit policy, loan review, special assets, loan operations and the bank's high-risk real estate group. In his role as chairman of the Cole Taylor Bank's credit committee, he was responsible for overall credit quality and regulatory interaction with the Federal Reserve Bank of the loan portfolio. A 16-year veteran of LaSalle Bank and its predecessor Comerica Bank-Illinois, Mr. Morton held management positions in business development, commercial lending, and credit approval. While at LaSalle, Mr. Morton was a voting member of the bank's Senior Credit Committee. Immediately prior to joining the Cole Taylor, he served as a senior risk officer at Bank of America, which acquired LaSalle. Mr. Morton graduated in 1984 from Illinois State University and received his MBA from the Kellstadt School of Business at DePaul University in 1991.