Randall T. Conte CPA
CFO, VP, CFO of MB Financial Bank, COO of MB Financial Bank and EVP of MB Financial Bank
Mr. Randall T. Conte, also known as Randy, CPA has been the Chief Financial Officer of MB Financial Inc. and MB Financial Bank, N.A. since April 2016 and serves as its Vice President. Mr. Conte serves as the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of MB Financial Bank at MB Financial Inc. He served as an Interim President of Cole Taylor Mortgage LLC, a Division of Cole Taylor Bank since May 7, 2014. He served as the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President at Taylor Capital Group Inc., since November 2008. He served as Principal Accounting Officer at Taylor Capital Group Inc., and also its Chief Financial Officer since December 2008. He served as the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President at Cole Taylor Bank, (a subsidiary of Taylor Capital Group Inc.), since November 2008 and its Chief Financial Officer since February 2009. Mr. Conte lead Cole Taylor Bank's relationship with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Reserve Bank, external auditors, investment bankers, debt ratings agencies, institutional shareholders, securities analysts and financial media. He oversaw and was responsible for formulating business strategies, operating plans and transformation initiatives for operational areas of Cole Taylor Bank, including information technology, project management and customer service. In addition, he oversaw the Retail Banking Group. Mr. Conte served as the Chief Operations Officer at ABN Amro Mortgage Group, Inc., since August 2005. Prior this position, he served as Head of Operations, Executive Vice President and Corporate Controller at LaSalle Bank Corporation. In that position, he was responsible for procurement, corporate accounting, financial control, corporate reporting, project management and finance administration for LaSalle Bank and its subsidiaries, including LaSalle Bank and Standard Federal Bank. Additionally, his responsibilities included strategic decision support, acquisitions, policy, planning and analysis, corporate tax as well as client service organization finance decision support. He served in senior positions with SBC Warburg (now UBS) and Arthur Andersen. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a Member of the Illinois Society of CPA's as well as the American Institute for Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Conte holds Bachelor's of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois-Champaign. He received his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Chicago in March 2005.