Meet Our Board

Meet Our Board

Douglas P. Boersma

Chief Executive Officer

Doug Boersma is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Wintrust Bank, N.A., a Wintrust Financial Corporation charter with assets in excess of $9 billion. Boersma also serves as Market Head for the Central Region, which includes Hinsdale Bank & Trust ($5 billion), Northbrook Bank & Trust ($4 billion) and Beverly Bank & Trust ($2 billion). He was formerly the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and President of Northbrook Bank & Trust Company, also a Wintrust Financial subsidiary with assets in excess of $4 billion. Prior to joining Wintrust Financial, Boersma was the Co-Head of the Illinois Middle Market Commercial Banking team at JPMorgan Chase Bank, where he spent the initial 20 years of his professional career. Additional responsibilities at Wintrust Financial include leading the Sponsor and Fund Finance group and part of the team that developed the Money Service Business, Funds Group, and Foreign Multinational platforms at Wintrust.

Doug earned his B.S. in Business Administration, majoring in Finance, from Miami University (Ohio) and has an MBA from University of Illinois – Chicago. Boersma serves on the Board of Directors of Beyond Sports Foundation, a nonprofit organization that focuses on under-served, talented student-athletes in the Chicago community by providing academic and athletic programming that helps secure collegiate athletic scholarships, develop necessary life skills, and build successful futures beyond sports. Doug is also on the Board of Trustees for the Museum of Science and Industry, the largest science museum in the Western Hemisphere. He is also on the Miami University Farmer School Business Advisory Council. This is the Business School Dean’s main advisory board for the school and provides guidance and advice to the Dean and the FSB Executive Committee on the direction and initiatives of the school.