Overview

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Ken North brings more than 30 years of financing expertise to Kineta from his work in mortgage banking, entrepreneurial business and charitable organizations. In 1998, he launched Seattle Bank as founding CEO and president and helped grow the company to 700 employees with assets of more than $700 million. In 2007, Seattle Bank was recognized nationally for being the most profitable bank in its class in the nation. Ken retired as CEO in 2007 shortly after the bank sold its Reverse Mortgage division to Bank of America, having become the second largest reverse mortgage lender in the country. Prior to that, Mr. North held increasing levels of senior management with Metropolitan Federal Savings, a $750 million financial institution. Ken was responsible for growing the bank by $350 million in deposits. Mr. North is a past president and past Lt. Governor of the Kiwanis Club of Seattle, a Hixson Fellow; past president of the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce’s President’s Club and a past Commandant of the Seattle Seafair Commodores. Ken is a former director on the board of First Place School and served as the chair of the Board Affairs Committee.