Wintrust Financial recently announced the appointment of Lisa Reategui, who will serve as the company’s new executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary.
The Lake Forest, Illinois financial services holding company controls nine Illinois-chartered banks with assets of more than $15 billion.
Previously, Reategui spent more than 16 years with Sidley Austin, where she ultimately became a partner and focused her practice on corporate governance and securities matters. Reategui also served Wintrust as its outside corporate and securities counsel since 2005.
‘Reategui's clear legal counsel and advice, as well as her strong ethical foundation and historical support of our Wintrust team, made her a clear choice to fill the newly created position of general counsel,’ says Edward Wehmer, Wintrust’s president and CEO. ‘Her extensive legal experience, coupled with an intimate knowledge of our corporate culture, governance and strategic objectives, makes her a perfect fit for our growing organization.’
