First Community Bank welcomes a new executive officer, Khalid Acheckzai, CPA

Santa Rosa, Calif. (March 23, 2013)— First Community Bank (FCB) announces the appointment of Khalid Acheckzai, CPA, to the Bank as its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer. Acheckzai brings more than a dozen years of accounting experience focused exclusively on the financial institutions industry to the post.

“Khalid is a fantastic addition to the FCB team,” says President and CEO Debbie Meekins. “He is not only very talented and respected for his expertise in the financial institution arena, he is truly wonderful to work with.”

As a Senior Manager with the firm of Crowe Horwath LLP, Acheckzai specialized in the financial audits of community banks ranging from $100 million to $4 billion in assets, including oversight of audits of some the largest community banks in Northern California. He has also provided guidance to Executive Management and Boards of Directors on topics including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), credit administration, internal controls implementation, enterprise risk management, and other bank matters.