ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Banks

First Northwest Bank of Arlington Heights, Ill., named S. Michael Polanski president and chief executive officer. Polanski replaces John Corneliuson, who retired.

Jim Turner, previously senior financial specialist at First Union, has been named vice president for the KeysRegion Community Bank, based in Key Largo, Fla.. He will be in charge of business development, specializing in loans and investments.

Peter Cullen has been named corporate privacy officer for Royal Bank of Canada, in Toronto. Cullen is responsible for administering the bank's privacy code.

Paul Rodeno has been promoted to chief administrative officer of Eldorado Bank in Laguna Hills, Calif Rodeno, who has been with the bank since 1986, previously was a commercial lender for First Interstate Bank.

Great American Federal, a Pittsburgh-based savings and loan institution, has named Jeff Walker vice president and director of marketing. Vicki Hays has been named vice president for the credit services division.

Nicholas G. Hahn is the new executive vice president and chief financial officer at Hudson United Bancorp of Mahwah, N.J. Previously, Hahn was senior vice president and controller at CoBank, ACB, in Denver.

Citizens Business Bank of Ontario, Calif., named several new appointments. Douglas B. Tipping was named vice president and banking officer of the firm's Saddleback (Orange County) office. Michael B. Wholley was appointed vice president and manager of the real estate department Karen Jennings was appointed vice president and banking office at the Plaza office, also in Orange County.

David J. Fairchild has been named executive vice president, commercial banking and chief credit officer for First Market Bank in Richmond, Va. He was previously senior vice president and manager for corporate banking in central Virginia at Wachovia Bank.

D. Scott Clarke is the new vice president and director of secondary marketing at Cresleigh Bancorp in Indianapolis.

South Shore Bank of Chicago has named Anne Arvia executive vice president and chief operating officer.

Thomas J. Schwartz was appointed group president, commercial banking, and Janet M. Viano is group president, retail banking, at First Midwest Bank, Itasca, Ill.

Financial Services

Eugene M. Natali has been appointed chief executive officer at C.S. McKee, a Pittsburgh institutional investment management firm, succeeding James H. Hanes, who continues as chairman. Natali joined the firm in 1998 as senior vice president and...