First Commonwealth CEO Elected to PA Bankers Board of Directors


INDIANA, Pa., July 31, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- T. Michael Price, President and CEO of First Commonwealth Financial Corporation, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association (PA Bankers).  Price will serve as the Board’s First Vice Chairman.

The Board of Directors, which includes PA Bankers’ officers, policy committee chairs, group and deposit representatives, and at-large members, will meet at least quarterly to determine the policies and administration of the association.  Members of the Board include CEOs and senior-level officers of PA Bankers’ member banks.

In the role of First Vice Chairman, Price will serve as Chairman of the Audit, Budget and Finance Committee and on the PA Bankers’ Personnel Committee, and will represent the association at industry and state bankers’ association meetings throughout the United States.

Price was elected to the position in May 2018 at the association’s annual meeting.  He officially became First Vice Chairman in July 2018, and will continue to serve as an officer in the association for the next three years.

With more than 30 years of management experience in the financial services industry, Price has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of First Commonwealth Financial Corporation since March 2012.  He first joined the company in November 2007 as President of First Commonwealth Bank.  Prior to his role at First Commonwealth, Price worked at a larger financial institution in Ohio, where he held various titles, including Branch Manager, Commercial Lender, Head of Business Banking and Regional CEO.

About The Pennsylvania Bankers Association
The Pennsylvania Bankers Association, located in Harrisburg, is the state’s leading banking trade association representing an expansive and diverse membership. The association offers extensive continuing education programs, government relations representation on behalf of the industry, and provides numerous products and services for banks and their employees.

About First Commonwealth Financial Corporation
First Commonwealth Financial Corporation (NYSE:FCF), headquartered in Indiana, Pennsylvania, is a financial services company with 140 banking offices in 22 counties throughout western and central Pennsylvania and Ohio, as well as Corporate Banking Centers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio. The company also operates mortgage offices in Wexford, Pennsylvania, as well as Hudson and Dublin, Ohio. First Commonwealth provides a full range of commercial banking, consumer banking, mortgage, wealth management and insurance products and services through its subsidiaries First Commonwealth Bank and First Commonwealth Insurance Agency. It is through these services that the company strives to execute on its mission to improve the financial lives of its neighbors and their businesses.

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