Columbia Banking System, Inc. announced that Greg Sigrist has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company and its subsidiary Columbia Bank, effective on or before July 1, 2018. Mr. Sigrist fills the role previously held by Clint Stein, who was appointed Chief Operating Officer in July 2017. In his 12-year tenure at Morgan Stanley, Mr. Sigrist achieved many career milestones culminating in his 2014 appointment as Chief Financial Officer of Morgan Stanley Bank.

He started his career at Morgan Stanley in 2006 as Global Head of Accounting Policy and played a pivotal role in acquiring Smith Barney from Citigroup. Following his promotion to Control Finance Director-Wealth and Investment Management in 2011, he integrated acquisitions within the firm's wealth management organization and led the effort to build out the controllership, reporting, financial planning and analysis, treasury and tax teams for Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. Previously, he served for five years as Vice President, Corporate Accounting Policy/M&A Finance with Citigroup.