First Western Financial, Inc.
Investor Relations

Mr. Wylie has served as the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company and First Western Trust Bank since founding the Company in 2002. Mr. Wylie served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Northern Trust Bank of Colorado from 1998 to 2002 after selling his prior institution, Trust Bank of Colorado, to Northern Trust in 1998. He previously led the acquisition in 1994 of Equitable Bankshares of Colorado, a Denver-based bank holding company with two subsidiary banks now known as Colorado Business Bank. His first bank, Universal Trust, started as a subsidiary of the First Boston Corporation. He organized a 1998 management buyout of that bank, which he renamed The Bank and Trust of Puerto Rico. He also led the buyout of a software company, American Fundware, which, as Chairman, he sold at a significant premium to Intuit in 2001. Mr. Wylie is involved in an array of community organizations and he currently serves on the boards of the Denver Convention Center Hotel Authority, Colorado Succeeds, Roundup River Ranch and the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Mr. Wylie earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Michigan, a Master of Arts in Economic Development from the School of International Service at American University and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Graduate School of Business.

Ms. Courkamp has served as Chief Operating Officer of the Company since February 2022 and President and Chief Operating Officer of the Bank since October 2023. Previously, Ms. Courkamp served as Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and First Western Trust Bank since 2013. She joined the Company in 2006 as its Controller and was promoted to Director of Finance and Accounting in 2010. Ms. Courkamp oversees the Company’s operations across the bank, mortgage, trust and investment management businesses, as well as the finance, accounting, human resources, legal/governance, and compliance departments. She also oversees the activities related to corporate development and mergers and acquisitions, information technology and enterprise risk management. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Courkamp held positions with PwC in Denver researching issues related to SEC reporting, and coordinating and supervising audits and interim quarterly reviews of public and private companies. Ms. Courkamp holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Mr. Weber has served as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company and the Bank since October 2023. Prior to being appointed Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Mr. Weber served as Director of Finance and Treasury at First Western where he oversaw the FP&A, Treasury, Corporate Development, Mortgage Secondary Marketing, and Compensation functions. Mr. Weber joined First Western in March 2018 as Treasury Manager, was promoted to Finance and Treasury Manager in May 2019, and then Director of Finance and Treasury in August 2021. Prior to joining First Western, Mr. Weber served in various Finance positions over nine years at Fifth Third Bank including Vice President, Senior Capital Planning Manager, where he led the execution of the Company’s semiannual stress tests. Mr. Weber has a Master of Science degree in Accountancy from the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from the Farmer School of Business at Miami University.