Bruce W. Taylor
Chairman
Taylor Capital Group, Inc.
Cole Taylor Bank

Bruce W. Taylor, as Chairman, is responsible for setting strategic direction for Taylor Capital Group (Nasdaq: TAYC) and Cole Taylor Bank, the eighth-largest commercial bank in metropolitan Chicago*.

Since joining the family-owned and operated bank in 1978, Bruce has been instrumental in redefining the company’s commercial banking specialist strategy and developing key initiatives. In the late 1980s, Bruce was involved in managing the company’s transition to branch banking, making Cole Taylor Bank the first branch banking holding company in Illinois.

Bruce became President of Cole Taylor Bank in 1994 and in that capacity directed the Bank’s business units. Bruce continues to develop Cole Taylor Bank’s sales and service culture through training and development programs, the introduction of new products and services, and more effective use of technology. Bruce has successfully helped build Cole Taylor Bank into Chicago's largest independent bank.

Bruce earned an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a BS from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. He is a member of the World President's Organization, Midwest Trustee of the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Past Chairman of the Board of the Chicago Center for Family Health, Immediate Past Chairman of the Illinois Bankers Association, and a Director of MTL Insurance Company. He resides in Northbrook with his family.

Randall T. Conte
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Taylor Capital Group, Inc.
Cole Taylor Bank

As chief financial officer and chief operating officer, Randall T. Conte plays a broad ranging management role, integrating the company's financial and strategic management. In his capacity as CFO, Mr. Conte leads the bank's relationship with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Reserve Bank, external auditors, investment bankers, debt ratings agencies, institutional shareholders, securities analysts and financial media. As COO, he oversees and is responsible for formulating business strategies, operating plans and transformation initiatives for operational areas of the bank, including information technology, project management, deposit operations, corporate services, customer service and the banking centers.

Mr. Conte joined Cole Taylor in late 2008 from LaSalle Bank Corporation, where he most recently served as executive vice president and head of operations for La Salle Bank’s retail, consumer & business banking businesses. Prior to that, he served as chief operations officer for ABN Amro's Mortgage Group and as corporate controller for La Salle Bank Corporation. He was also a line of business CFO for ABN Amro Services Company. Before his tenure at ABN Amro / LaSalle, Conte held senior management positions at SBC Warburg (now UBS) and Arthur Andersen.

Mr. Conte is a Certified Public Accountant and earned a B.S. in Accountancy from the University of Illinois and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He resides in Hinsdale with his family.