Bankwell CEO and leadership

Q: Who is the CEO of Bankwell?

The CEO of Bankwell is Christopher R. Gruseke.

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Bankwell CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Christopher R. Gruseke is the Bankwell's CEO. Bankwell has 124 employees, of which 20 are in a leadership position.

Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:

The Bankwell executive team is 25% female and 75% male.
63% of the management team is White.
17% of Bankwell management is Hispanic or Latino.
11% of the management team is Black or African American.

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Name & TitleBio

Christopher R. Gruseke

President & Chief Executive Officer

Christopher Gruseke is a Chief Executive Officer/President at Bankwell Bank; Board Member at Bankwell Bank; and President/CEO at BANKWELL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.. He has worked as Chief Strategic Officer at Bankwell Bank; Chief Strategic Officer at BANKWELL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.; and Dir/Founding Investor at BANKWELL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.. Christopher studied at Stern School Of Business and WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC..

Penko Krassimir Ivanov

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Penko Ivanov is an Exec VP/CFO at Bankwell Bank and Exec VP/CFO at BANKWELL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.. He has worked as Senior VP/ CFO:US Operations at Doral Bank.

Christine A. Chivily

Executive Vice President & Chief Risk and Credit Officer

Christine Chivily is a Vice President/Head of Commercial Credit at The Bank Of New Canaan; Exec VP/Chief Risk & Credit Officer at BANKWELL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.; and Board Member at VISITING NURSE & HOSPICE OF and is based in New Canaan, Connecticut. She has worked as Senior Vice President at RBS; director at FREDDIE MAC; and Senior VP/Chief Credit Officer at BANKWELL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.. Christine works or has worked as Senior VP/CMBS Credit Officer at Greenwich Capital Markets. She attended Mount Holyoke College between 1976 and 1980 and University of Virginia Darden School of Business between 2017 and 2017.

Matthew J. McNeill

Executive Vice President & Chief Banking Officer

Matthew J McNeill is an Exec VP/Chief Banking Officer at Bankwell Bank and Exec VP/Chief Banking Officer at BANKWELL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.. He has worked as Head:Commercial Lending at Metropolitan Commercial Bank. Matthew works or has worked as MEMBER at NYS Society of CPA-Foundation.

Laura J. Waitz

Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

Laura Waitz is an Exec VP/Chief of Staff at BANKWELL FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. and Exec VP/Chief of Staff at Bankwell Bank. She studied at Pennsylvania State University.

Blake S. Drexler

Board Member

George P. Bauer

Board Member

Todd H. Lampert Esq

Board Member

Carl M. Porto Sr

Board Member

Darryl M. Demos

Board Member

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Name & TitleBio

Christopher R. Gruseke

President & Chief Executive Officer

Blake S. Drexler

Board Member

George P. Bauer

Board Member

Todd H. Lampert Esq

Board Member

Carl M. Porto Sr

Board Member

Darryl M. Demos

Board Member

Eric J. Dale

Board Member

James M. Garnett

Board Member

Lawrence Bruce Seidman

Board Member

Richard E. Castiglioni

Board Member

Bankwell leadership demographics

Bankwell gender distribution in management team

The Bankwell executive team is 25% female and 75% male.
Bankwell is 36% female and 64% male company-wide.

Male

75%

Company-wide: 64%

Female

25%

Company-wide: 36%

Bankwell executives by race

Management Team:

The most common ethnicity among Bankwell executive officers is White.
63% of the management team is White.
17% of Bankwell's management is Hispanic or Latino.
11% of the management team is Black or African American.

Company-wide:

White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
65% of employees are White.
21% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
7% of employees are Black or African American.

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Updated November 18, 2022

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