Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> March 9, 2009
VICTOR KARPIAK is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
of First Financial Northwest, Inc., positions held since the company was formed
in 2007 as part of the mutual to stock conversion of First Financial Holdings,
M.H.C. Mr. Karpiak also serves as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
Officer, and President of First Savings Bank Northwest, formerly known as First
Savings Bank of Renton. Prior to the conversion, Mr. Karpiak served as Chairman
of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Financial Officer of
First Financial Holdings, M.H.C., and its subsidiaries, First Financial of
Renton, Inc. and First Savings Bank of Renton. Before his appointment as
President of First Savings Bank of Renton in 1999, he served as Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Karpiak served as President and Chief
Financial Officer of First Financial Holdings, M.H.C. and First Financial of
Renton since they were established in 2002. In January 2005, he was appointed
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of First Financial Holdings,
M.H.C., First Financial of Renton and First Savings Bank of Renton. He has been
with First Savings Bank for 30 years. Mr. Karpiak is a past Director of the
Renton Community Foundation, a past Director and Chairman of the Greater Renton
Chamber of Commerce, a past Director and Resource Development Chairman of Renton
River Days, a Director and Secretary of the Senior Housing Assistance Group, a
member of the Renton Rotary Club, and a member and past President of the Kiwanis
Club of Renton. Profile
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Mr. Karpiak: First Savings Bank Northwest was originally charted in 1923 and we
