Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 21, 2002

John Bond Jr. – Columbia Bancorp (cbmb)

JOHN M. BOND, JR. has served as a director, President and CEO of Columbia Bancorp since its inception and was one of two individuals who started Columbia Bancorp in 1987. He previously held Senior Vice President positions with Chase Bank of Maryland, a regional affiliate of Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. and The First National Bank of Maryland President with Citibank, N.A. in New York and a Consultant with McKinsey & Company. He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Harvard College and earned an MBA and JD degrees from Columbia University. Mr. Bond currently serves as a Trustee of Goucher College and is Chairman of the Maryland Bankers' Association. In 1997, he received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Financial Services in Maryland sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP, the Kaufman Foundation, USA Today and NASDAQ. Profile
TWST: Would you give us a general overview of Columbia Bancorp and your

own experience and involvement with Columbia?

Mr. Bond: Columbia Bancorp is an $825 million community bank