FIRST MERCHANTS CORP (FRME)
Sector: Financials
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Sector: Financials
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Director information for FRME
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
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| FRME | Director | 72 | ["Managing Partner of the Indianapolis office of Deloitte", "Over 37 years of experience with Deloitte", "Significant growth experience in the Indianapolis market", "Audit partner serving public and private companies", "Strategic advisor to Krieg DeVault LLP", "Chair of the Board of Trustees at Marian University", "Co-Chair of the United Way of Central Indiana 2026 fundraising campaign", "Founder and member of Retire United", "Experience on multiple audit committees", "Recognized as an 'audit committee financial expert'"] | ["Executive Committee", "Audit Committee", "Risk Committee", "Governance Committee", "Finance Committee", "Nominating and Governance Committee"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Director since 2012 age 72 Mr. Becher was the Managing Partner of the Indianapolis office of Deloitte & Touche LLP ( Deloitte ) for more than 20 years, until his retirement in June 2012. Deloitte is one of the largest professional services organizations in the United States. While he was the Managing Partner, Deloitte experienced significant growth in the Indianapolis market. Mr. Becher also held other national and regional leadership positions during his more than 37-year career with Deloitte. As an audit partner, Mr. Becher served public and private companies in industries such as financial services, retail and manufacturing, and tax-exempt organizations. Since 2013, Mr. Becher has been a strategic advisor to Krieg DeVault LLP, an Indianapolis-based, business-focused law firm. He recently chaired the Board of Trustees and is a member of the Executive, Audit and Risk, Governance and Finance Committees of Marian University. Mr. Becher and his wife are Co-Chairs of the "Journey to 30" campaign at Marian University, which will raise significant funds for scholarships, especially for the disadvantaged. He is a member of the Board of the United Way of Central Indiana (UWCI) where he is Co-Chair of the United Way of Central Indiana 2026 fundraising campaign. He also serves on the Capital Projects Committees for Central Indiana and for the remainder of the State of Indiana. These Committees administer multi-million dollar funds that assist with capital projects. Mr. Becher is also the founder, former Chair, and current member of Retire United, an initiative of the United Way of Central Indiana. Retire United is dedicated to helping retirees achieve a meaningful and safe retirement through educational webcasts on relevant topics and opportunities for community engagement through volunteering. He also serves on the Carmel Library Foundation Board and is a member of the Finance Committee. He is a member of a peer group of Audit Committee Chairs of similar size banks located throughout the United States. Mr. Becher chairs the Board s Audit Committee and also serves on the Nominating and Governance Committee. Mr. Becher s specific experience and qualifications to serve as a director Mr. Becher has considerable tax, accounting and financial expertise acquired through his professional training as a certified public accountant. He is familiar with the financial services industry because of his experience derived from auditing companies in that industry. He has acquired an understanding of risk management, regulatory and compliance issues, and he has gained management experience as the head of a large office and national and regional leadership position of a Big Four accounting firm that provides professional services to large public companies as well as smaller private businesses. The Company also benefits from Mr. Becher s experience serving on a number of audit committees. The Board has determined that he is an audit committee financial expert within the meaning of Item 407(d)(5) of SEC Regulation S-K. Mr. Becher resides in the Indianapolis metropolitan area, one of FMC s high-growth markets.