W. JACK PLANTS

W. JACK PLANTS II, chief financial officer and treasurer of Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISI), parent company of Five Star Bank, has been promoted to executive VP. Plants joined the banking company in 2019 as senior VP and corporate treasurer. He was promoted to chief financial officer in February 2021, assuming expanded leadership of the company’s financial planning and analysis, accounting, tax, investor and external relations, and treasury groups. Following his latest promotion, Plants will be tasked with helping Financial Institutions to leverage the strategic investments it completed in 2022 in the areas of talent, geographic expansion, and enhanced digital capabilities and offerings, to improve the company’s profitability and operating leverage in 2023. Prior to joining Financial Institutions and Five Star Bank in 2019, Plants had most recently served as senior VP and treasurer of United Bank, which serves Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Prior to his seven-year tenure at United Bank, he worked in various treasury and credit roles at GE Capital, Patriot National Bank, SL Financial Services, and GE Commercial Finance. Plants started his career at Five Star Bank in 2006. He is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration in finance, with a minor in economics, as well as a master’s degree in business administration in finance and accounting.