Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. Appoints Carlton A. Ricketts to the Board, Effective August 1, 2020
July 31, 2020 at 11:05 am EDT
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On July 28, 2020, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. (the "Company"), the parent company of Capitol Federal Savings Bank (the "Bank"), upon recommendation of the Board’s Nominating Committee, increased the size of the Board from eight members to nine members and appointed Carlton A. Ricketts to the Board, effective August 1, 2020. Mr. Ricketts was appointed to serve in the class of directors that will stand for election at the Company’s next annual meeting of stockholders, to be held in early 2021.
Mr. Ricketts began his career at Capitol Federal in 2007 as Chief Strategic Officer and retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Services Officer in early 2019. In his role as Chief Corporate Services Officer, he directed the Bank’s operations in the areas of Compliance and Risk Management, Information Technology, Human Resources, Facilities, Marketing, Appraisals and the Insurance Agency, in addition to overseeing and participating in examinations with regulators. Prior to joining Capitol Federal, Mr. Ricketts spent 25 years in the electric and gas utility industry as Vice President of Business Services with Missouri Gas Energy and various capacities for Westar Energy, including as the Vice President responsible for managing the company’s operations in the areas of Investor Relations, Corporate Development, and Labor Relations.
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. is a unitary savings and loan holding company. The Company provides a full range of retail banking services through its subsidiary, Capitol Federal Savings Bank (the Bank), a federal savings bank, which has 46 traditional and five in-store banking offices serving primarily the metropolitan areas of Topeka, Wichita, Lawrence, Manhattan, Emporia and Salina, Kansas and portions of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The Bank attracts deposits primarily from the general public and from businesses and invests those funds primarily in permanent loans secured by first mortgages on owner-occupied, one-to four-family residences and in commercial loans. It offers an array of retail and business deposit products and services. These products include checking, savings, money market, certificates of deposit, and retirement accounts. The Bankâs deposit services are provided through its network of traditional branches and retail in-store locations, its call center.