Glenn Wilson and his family never really debated where they wanted to live in retirement. The former Citizens National of Laurel executive and then CEO of AmeriServ Financial in Pennsylvania and his wife invested early in Chester River Landing to stake out a place for weekend visits and long -term retirement over ten years ago. In the meantime, he assumed his work life would continue until that golden age of sixty-six
But that was before a bank executive recruiter called him one day last year to suggest Glenn consider becoming heading up a small community bank called the Chesapeake Bank and Trust on the Eastern Shore in a town called Chestertown. Had he heard of the town, inquired the clueless headhunter? The rest, as they say, is history.
In his Spy interview, the new CEO of Chesapeake, who now facing a 75 second commute from his home to work every morning, talks about his background, the local banking climate, his confidence in the Eastern Shore’s economy.
This video is approximately six minutes in length
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