Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 20, 2001

Michael Hegarty – Flushing Financial Corporation (ffic)

MICHAEL J. HEGARTY joined Flushing Savings Bank in August 1995 as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer and was elected President and Chief Executive Officer on October 1, 1998. He has been a member of the bank's Board of Directors since 1987. Mr. Hegarty is President and Chief Executive Officer of Flushing Financial Corporation, the bank's holding company, and sits on the Board of Directors of both the bank and Flushing Financial Corporation. Prior to joining Flushing Savings Bank he was employed by EDO Corporation from 1966 and served for a number of years as their Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and a member of the Board of Directors and is still currently a member of the Board. A Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Hegarty is a graduate of Manhattan College, class of 1961. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Community Bankers Association of New York State. He is currently a Director of the Financial Executive International's Long Island Chapter and had served as Chapter President in 1993. He is a member of the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountant's, the Institute of Management Accountants and the Queens Chamber of Commerce. Profile
TWST: Shall we begin with the corporate history and overview of Flushing

Financial?

Mr. Hegarty: Flushing Financial Corporation is the holding company for

Flushing Savings Bank, which was