On June 24, 2019, Robert G. Pulver, age 71, director of West Bancorporation, Inc., informed the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Company of his intention to retire from the board of directors of the Company, effective on the date of the company's annual meeting of shareholders to be held in April of 2020, and therefore not stand for re-election to the board at the 2020 Annual Meeting. Mr. Pulver will continue to serve as a director until the 2020 Annual Meeting. Mr. Pulver has served as a director of the Company since 1984 and as a director of the Company’s subsidiary, West Bank, since 1982.