Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 21, 2001
JOHN W. ENNEST is Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
of Citizens Banking Corporation. He joined Citizens Bank in 1983 as
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and was later named
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He was
appointed President and CEO of the bank in 1987, before being named Vice
Chairman and COO of Citizens Banking Corporation in 1991. In 1995 he
assumed his present position with the company. Mr. Ennest was Director
of Strategic Planning for NBD Bancorp, the parent holding company of
National Bank of Detroit, before joining Citizens Bank. Prior to his
appointment as Strategic Planning Director, he was Vice President and
Assistant Comptroller of NBD. In addition to his career in banking, in
1979 Mr. Ennest participated in the President's Executive Exchange
Program which offers individuals from private industry the opportunity
to work for the federal government for one year. In this capacity he
served during the Carter Administration as Deputy Administrator of
Farmers Home Administration, an agency of the US Department of
Agriculture. Mr. Ennest received his undergraduate degree at the
University of Detroit and a Master's degree in Business Administration
from Michigan State University. Profile
Banking Corp.?
Mr. Ennest: The holding company was incorporated in 1980 and started to
expand through acquisitions in 1984
