Associated Bank recently hired Ray Bucholtz as assistant vice president, business banking. He will be serving as a consultant to small- to medium-sized businesses in Whitewater and throughout Jefferson and Waukesha Counties, offering financial solutions to help them succeed.
Bucholtz worked formerly for Flagstar Bank, where he most recently served as a mortgage lender, and he has extensive experience as a mortgage consultant and real estate owner for his own firm, StarQuest Investments.
Elkhorn-based Peoples Bank recently hired Linda August as assistant vice president of compliance. August will develop a new benchmark for consumer compliance at the bank. She has 23 years of banking and regulatory compliance experience.
LPL Financial recently hired Alan Barnes at its office inside Layton State Bank in Greendale. Barnes has more than 12 years of experience in the wealth management industry and offers a wide variety of investment and insurance products and services to individuals and businesses.