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Jeffrey R. Leeds has served as a director of United Western Bancorp since August 2006. Mr. Leeds has an MBA from Columbia University, began his career as a staff economist at the First National Bank of Chicago and later spent a year at the Chicago Board Options Exchange. In 1981 he joined Chemical Banking Corporation, where he assumed a number of responsibilities, notably as a managing director in charge of asset and liability management. In 1995 he joined Greenpoint Financial Corp. as senior vice president and treasurer; in 1999 he was promoted to executive vice president, and until Greenpoint’s sale in 2004, he served as its chief financial officer and was recognized as a key contributor to the company’s financial success. Mr. Leeds serves on the board of NYSE-listed Brookdale Senior Living, Inc., where he is chairman of the audit committee.
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