First Commonwealth Financial Appoints James Reske As CFO

(RTTNews) - First Commonwealth Financial Corp. (FCF) said Thursday that it has appointed James Reske as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

The appointment of James Reske follows the November announcement of the planned retirement of Robert Rout.

Prior to joining First Commonwealth, Reske served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer at United Community Financial Corp. in Youngstown, Ohio.

Reske's financial services career includes investment banking roles within the Financial Institutions Groups at Keybanc Capital Markets, Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio and at Morgan Stanley & Co. in New York.

Earlier in his career, Reske worked at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, DC and at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.