Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 23, 2004
GREGORY C. TALBOTT is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer/Treasurer for PFF Bancorp, Inc., and its wholly owned
subsidiary, PFF Bank & Trust. Like many members of the Executive
Committee, Mr. Talbott is a native of the Inland Empire. He graduated
with honors from California State Polytechnic University Pomona with a
Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. Mr. Talbott is also a
Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Talbott began his career in 1977 with
KPMG where he served as an Audit Senior Manager, specializing in
financial institutions. Having joined PFF in 1987 as Assistant Chief
Financial Officer, Mr. Talbott was promoted to Chief Financial
Officer/Treasurer in 1989. In 1996, he played an instrumental role in
PFF's $198 million initial public offering of stock. Since that time,
the bank has transformed itself from a traditional thrift to a full
service community bank offering a full range of loan, deposit, trust and
investment products and services to both business and consumer
customers. In 2001, Mr. Talbott facilitated the company's listing on the
New York Stock Exchange. PFF Bancorp is the only financial institution
headquartered in the Inland Empire to be listed on the NYSE. Mr. Talbott
is a member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), the California
Society of CPAs and the Financial Managers Society (FMS). He has served
on the FMS-sponsored Financial Institutions Accounting Committee (FIAC)
since 1990 and chaired FIAC from 1995-1996. From 1984'1997 he served as
a reserve police officer and was acknowledged by the City of Irvine as
'Reserve Officer of the Year' in 1990. Profile
Mr. Talbott: The bank was established in 1892. We operated as a
traditional savings-oriented institution up until
