Thomas E. Stanberry

THOMAS E. STANBERRY is the Chairman, President and CEO of West
Bancorporation, Inc.. WTBA is a publicly owned Iowa corporation and bank
holding company headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa that owns and
operates West Bank and WB Capital Management d/b/a/ VMF Capital. Prior
to joining WTBA in 2003, Mr. Stanberry worked with U.S. Bancorp Piper
Jaffray from the fall of 1989 until March 2003 in a variety of
positions, including the president of the fixed income division. From
1979 until joining Piper Jaffray, he was a lawyer with the Des Moines
law firm of Ahlers & Cooney. He is actively involved in the community.
He is the Vice Chairman and a member of the board of the American Red
Cross-Des Moines Chapter, a member of the Greater Des Moines YMCA board
of directors and a member of the board of the Iowa Bankers Association.
He is involved with the United Way and Greater Des Moines Partnership.
He is a 1976 graduate of Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana where
he is a member of the board of trustees, and a 1979 graduate of the
Drake University Law School.