Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> May 20, 2002

John Dolan – First Commonwealth Financial Corporation (fcf)

John J. Dolan is the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of First Commonwealth Financial Corporation, a $4.5 billion bank holding company headquartered in Indiana, PA. He is responsible for all accounting, financial and regulatory reporting, as well as budgeting, cost control, taxation management, investor relations and mergers and acquisitions implementation. He also holds multiple positions with First Commonwealth subsidiaries, including: VP and CFO of Strategic Capital Concepts, Inc. and Strategic Financial Advisors, Inc.; Treasurer of First Commonwealth Insurance Agency; CFO of First Commonwealth Bank; Comptroller and CFO of First Commonwealth Professional Resources, Inc.; Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of First Commonwealth Trust Company; and Comptroller and CFO of Commonwealth Trust Credit Life Insurance Company, a jointly owned subsidiary. Mr. Dolan has been with the corporation 22 years starting as a staff accountant in 1980. Prior to First Commonwealth, he was a staff accountant for Barnes, Saly & Co., Certified Public Accountants. He received his BS in Business Administration with specialization in Accounting from West Liberty State College (WV) in 1978 and is the author of the Commercial Banking chapter of Encyclopedia of Accounting Systems published by Prentice Hall. He is a board member of the Pennsylvania Board of Accountancy, former member of the Accounting Committee of the ABA and the former Chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Committee of the PBA. Profile
TWST: Could we start out with a quick summary and introduction to

First Commonwealth Financial Corporation and describe the

management team?

Mr. Dolan: First Commonwealth Financial Corporation