Trust and estate attorney takes the helm at comm. bank's high-wealth group. Mattoon, Ill.-based First Mid-Illinois Bank & Trust has appointed Charles LeFebvre to head its trust and wealth-management division.

"Chuck brings a skill set to the First Mid organization which will greatly benefit our customers and our community and which will clearly distinguish us from other financial-service providers," says Bill Rowland, First Mid's chairman and CEO. "I am confident Chuck will provide outstanding leadership to this segment of our business and will be a valuable member of our team."

First hand

LeFebvre is scheduled to join First Mid on 1 May 2007. For the moment he's still a partner at Champaign, Ill.-based law firm Thomas Mamer & Haugher, where he focuses on trust and estate planning.

As a practicing attorney, LeFebvre says he has worked with many financial-service providers. "So I know from first-hand experience that First Mid's reputation for service excellence is well deserved," he says. "I truly look forward to joining such a fine organization."

First Mid, which provides banking, trust, wealth-management and insurance services, operates in 20 counties in central Illinois. -FWR

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