As chief financial officer and chief operations officer, Randall T. Conte plays a broad ranging management role, integrating the company’s financial and strategic management. In his capacity as CFO, Mr. Conte leads the 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. As COO, he oversees and is responsible for formulating business strategies, operating plans and transformation initiatives for operational areas of the bank, including information technology, project management and customer service. In addition, he oversees two of the Bank’s key lines of business: Cole Taylor Mortgage and the Retail Banking Group.

Mr. Conte joined Cole Taylor in 2008 from LaSalle Bank Corporation, where he last served as executive vice president and head of operations for LaSalle Bank’s retail, consumer and business banking businesses. Prior to that, he served as chief operations officer for ABN Amro’s Mortgage Group and as corporate controller for LaSalle Bank Corporation. He was also a line of business CFO for ABN Amro Services Company. Before his tenure at ABN Amro / LaSalle, Mr. Conte held senior management positions at SBC Warburg (now UBS) and Arthur Andersen.

Mr. Conte is a Certified Public Accountant and earned a B.S. in Accountancy from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He resides with his family in Hinsdale.