Great Western Bancorp, Inc. (GWB), the parent company of Great Western Bank (www.greatwesternbank.com), has announced the appointment of current Director, Andrew C. Hove Jr., former Chairman of the FDIC, as Chairman of its Board of Directors.

Andrew C. Hove has been a director since July 2014 and has served on the board of directors of Great Western Bank since 2001. He is a director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka and an advisory director at Promontory Financial Group, Washington, DC. A native of Minden, NE, Hove earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and furthered his education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Graduate School of Banking. Hove also serves as lead independent director of GWB.

Great Western Bancorp, Inc. is the holding company for Great Western Bank, a full-service regional bank focused on relationship-based business and agribusiness banking. The bank services its customers through 158 branches in seven states. To learn more about Great Western Bank visit www.greatwesternbank.com.