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Mark Bugher

Parent Company Board Member and First Business Bank Board Member

Mark Bugher

About Mark

Mark D. Bugher has served as a director of First Business Financial Services, Inc. since July 2005, is the Compensation Committee Chair and a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Mr. Bugher joined the First Business Bank Board in November 2018. Mr. Bugher served as the Director of University Research Park in Madison, Wisconsin from 1999 until his retirement in November 2013. Prior to this role, Mr. Bugher served as Secretary of the State of Wisconsin Department of Revenue and Secretary of the State of Wisconsin Department of Administration. Mr. Bugher serves on the board of directors of MGE Energy, Inc., a publicly traded utility company, and its affiliate, Madison Gas and Electric Company and is the lead director and chair of the corporate governance committee of MGE Energy, Inc. He currently serves on the audit committee and the executive committee and previously served as a member and as chair of the compensation committee of MGE Energy, Inc. Mr. Bugher also serves on the board of a private organization.

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