West Gate Bank® (westgate.bank)  recently announced the promotion of Jeremey Shiers to Executive Vice President of West Gate Bank and President of the bank’s mortgage division. Shiers was also elected to the bank’s Board of Directors. He will be taking over for Mark Hansen, who is retiring after a 40-year career in the banking industry, including the last 18 years at West Gate Bank, where he served in a variety of leadership positions.

Shiers joined West Gate Bank in 2016 as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the mortgage division, where he led financial management and reporting, secondary market and other strategic initiatives. In his new role, he will manage the entire mortgage division and serve on the bank’s Executive Committee. Shiers is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where he earned his degree in business administration. He also completed the Colorado Graduate School of Banking. Shiers is working out of the West Gate Bank Center at 6003 Old Cheney Rd. and can be reached at (402) 434-4089 or jshiers@westgate.bank.

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