Pathward Financial, Inc. announced that Greg Sigrist has been appointed chief financial officer (?CFO?) - designee, beginning Nov. 1, 2023. Immediately after the filing of the Company?s Form 10-K for fiscal year 2023, Mr. Sigrist will transition to EVP, CFO, when he will succeed Glen Herrick, who will remain with the Company to aid in the transition and other projects until his retirement on December 31, 2023.

Mr. Sigrist joins the Company after serving as EVP and CFO of Metropolitan Bank Holding Corp. and Metropolitan Commercial Bank for the past three years. Before joining Metropolitan, he served as the EVP and CFO of Columbia Banking System, Inc., from June 2018 until February 2020.

Mr. Sigrist also spent 12 years with Morgan Stanley as a managing director in a number of senior financial roles, including CFO of Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. from 2014 to early 2018. Prior to that, he served for five years as Vice President, Corporate Accounting Policy/M&A Finance with Citigroup. Mr. Sigrist built the foundation of his career spending 12 years between Ernst & Young and McGladrey & Pullen in senior auditing roles of financial services clients, including regional and community banks.

Mr. Sigrist received a B.S. in Accounting with University Honors from Illinois State University and is a Certified Public Accountant.