Oxford Bank Appoints Michael Tierney to Board of Directors

Oxford Bank Corp., the holding company for Oxford Bank, has appointed industry veteran Michael J. Tierney to the Oxford Bank Board of Directors.
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Michael J. Tierney

Oxford Bank Corp., the holding company for Oxford Bank, has appointed industry veteran Michael J. Tierney to the Oxford Bank Board of Directors.

Tierney’s career has included executive roles at various size banks throughout the region ranging from community banks to large regional institutions. Early in his career he held numerous senior roles at Comerica Bank including senior vice president of personal financial services overseeing more than 250 depository branch locations and the consumer lending, mortgage, and electronic banking lines of business nationally.

He also ran the Midwest Region for Chase Bank’s Business Banking unit as the senior vice president and managing director of business banking SVP. He then transitioned to Peoples State Bank (Michigan) where, as president and CEO for four years before he helped co-found Blue Water Bank, which raised $240 million to purchase financial institutions during the recession in 2010.

In 2011, Tierney took over as the Midwest market president for commercial and retail banking at Flagstar Bank then becoming the president and CEO of the bank where he led the company through the aftermath of the Great Recession repositioning the company business model and balance sheet to achieve sustained profitability. Most recently he has served as the president and CEO of the Community Bankers of Michigan, the Lansing based trade organization dedicated to advancing Michigan based community banks through advocacy, education and a wide range of services including partner organizations to further our industry’s role as a key economic engine for businesses and communities across the Great Lakes state.