Dennis Klaeser

Dennis L.
Klaeser is currently Director at InSite Capital LLC since 2016.
He serves as Chief Financial Officer & Director at Whale Point Acquisition Corp.
He is a Trustee at Lawrence University since 2018 and at Chemical Bank Foundation since 2017.
He holds the position of Chief Financial Officer at CIBC Bank USA since 2003.
Formerly, Mr. Klaeser was Managing Director-Bank Group at First Union Securities.
He was Chief Financial Officer & Director at First Place Bank from 2013 to 2014.
He served as CFO & Executive Managing Director at Talmer Bank & Trust in 2014.
He was Independent Director at Old Second Bancorp, Inc. and Old Second National Bank from 2021 to 2026.
He held the role of Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Chemical Financial Corp.
He was Head-Financial Institutions Group at Everen Securities, Inc. He was Chief Financial Officer at PrivateBancorp, Inc. from 2008 to 2009.
He served as Senior Vice President at Raymond James & Associates, Inc. from 2009 to 2010.
He was Chief Financial Officer at CIBC Bank USA (Investment Management).
He was Chief Financial Officer & Executive MD at Talmer Bancorp, Inc. from 2010 to 2016.
He was MD & Head-US Financial Institutions Group at Andersen Corporate Finance from 2000 to 2002.
He was Chief Financial Officer at TCF National Bank (Sioux Falls, South Dakota) from 2016 to 2020.
He was Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at TCF Financial Corp.
from 2019 to 2020.
He was Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Spokesman at Chemical Bank (Detroit, Michigan).
Education includes graduate studies at The University of Chicago and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.