Deuel joined the Heritage Bank leadership team in February 2010 as executive vice president of Corporate Strategies. In that role, he has been responsible for helping to identify acquisition targets and managing the integration of the acquired banks.
In addition to his responsibilities overseeing acquisition integration, risk management, loan review, trust, and the international department, Deuel will also assume responsibility for lending, operations, retail, and marketing.
Heritage Financial president and CEO Brian Vance said that as a result of expanded footprint from the acquisition of Cowlitz Bank earlier this year, the organic growth in the past year, and recent acquisition of Pierce Commercial Bank, it became evident to Heritage that there was a need for a change in management structure to better support that growth.
