Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 7, 2011
Robert G. Jones is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Old National Bancorp and a Member of its board of directors. He assumed this position in September 2004. Before joining Old National, Mr. Jones served for 25 years at KeyCorp. He serves on the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis board of directors, where he is a Member of its executive committee and is Chairman of the audit committee. He is active in the community by being named to the boards of the University of Evansville, Evansville Regional Business Committee, the Economic Development Coalition of Southwest Indiana, The New Harmony Project, The Nature Conservancy, Evansville Police Department Foundation, Riley Hospital for Children, Vectren Corporation and Youth Resources of Southwestern Indiana. Jones is also a Member of the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation Superintendent's Business Council. In 2009, Mr. Jones was recognized by Gov. Mitch Daniels with the Distinguished Hoosier Award, by the University of Evansville's Delta Sigma Pi Business Fraternity as its Leader of the Year, by the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns with its Larry A. Conrad Civic Service Award, and by Leadership Evansville with its Visionary Award. He has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business News, CNBC and Bloomberg Television as a spokesman for Old National and community banking. He is a graduate of Ashland University with a B.A. in political science and business administration. Profile
TWST: Please begin with a background summary, a brief historical sketch of Old National Bancorp, and then tell us what the company is doing today.
Mr. Jones: We are 176 years old and the largest bank
