Bob Frentzel

Bob Frentzel is Managing Director and Co-Head of Commercial Banking. He is responsible for several industry sectors including asset-based lending, construction and engineering, insurance and securities, non-bank financial institutions, security alarm, surface transportation, and technology banking. He also oversees U.S. treasury management services. Frentzel serves on the CIBC U.S. Region Executive Committee.Frentzel also held the same role at The PrivateBank, which was acquired by CIBC in June 2017. Prior to joining The PrivateBank, Frentzel served as Group Senior Vice President at LaSalle Bank for 11 years. At LaSalle Bank, he was responsible for building and managing many of its specialty commercial lending divisions, including construction and engineering, for-profit education, environmental, food and agribusiness, insurance, power and energy, security alarm and surface transportation. Frentzel began his career at Harris Trust & Savings Bank (now BMO Harris Bank) where he worked for 9 years in business development and commercial lending.Frentzel received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Miami University and a Masters of Business Administration in Finance and Marketing from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. He serves on the Board for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago and is a trustee for the Chicago Academy of Sciences and Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum. He's also a member of the Illinois Road and Transportation Builders Association, Leadership Greater Chicago, the Bankers Club of Chicago, the Chicago Club, Economic Club of Chicago, Union League Club and The Executives' Club of Chicago.