Economic Development

Professor Mark Eppli, Ph.D., of Marquette University, has been appointed to be an independent director at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago.

Milwaukee-based Sensient Technologies Corp. has begun the next phase of a series of investments to improve the infrastructure of its United Kingdom flavor facilities.

The Milwaukee area’s economic recovery picked up some speed in November, according to the latest monthly report compiled by the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce (MMAC).

Home sales jumped 21.6 percent in December in the four-county metropolitan Milwaukee area, marking the sixth consecutive month of sales increasing by double-digits, according to the latest monthly report by the Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors (GMAR).

Associated Banc-Corp announced that vice chairman Mark McMullen will retire from the company, effective Feb. 10.

A recent survey by the Wisconsin Bankers Association shows a quarter of bank leaders surveyed plan to hire new employees in the next six months.

Financial resources

Associated Banc-Corp has added four new leaders to its Milwaukee-area team.

Brian Stark, founding principal, chief executive officer and chief investment officer of Stark Investments in Milwaukee has been elected as a director of the Marcus Corporation.

BizTimes Media will host the 11th annual Northern Trust Economic Trends Breakfast on Friday, Jan. 20 at the Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St., beginning at 7:30 a.m.