Company: PFIS
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-030614
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Company: PEOPLES FINANCIAL SERVICES CORP.
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form: DEF 14A
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 he took a leave
of absence from involvement with FNCB and FNCB Bank in February 2008. In 2013, Mr. DeNaples returned from a leave of absence
and rejoined FNCB Bank’s Board on December 23, 2013. He was re-elected to FNCB’s Board of Directors on May 21, 2014
and was appointed Chairman of the Boards of FNCB and FNCB Bank on May 15, 2019. Mr. DeNaples is President of DeNaples Auto Parts, Inc.,
President of Keystone Landfill Inc. and Vice President of Rail Realty, Inc., each of which he co-owns with his brother, Dominick
L. DeNaples. Mr. DeNaples serves on the boards of AllOne Foundation, AllOne Charities, AllOne Health Resources and Allied Services
Foundation. Mr. DeNaples also serves as Chairman of the Community Advisory Board for Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, a
member of NEPA Highmark’s Advisory Board and was past Chairman of the University of Scranton Board of Trustees. Mr. DeNaples’
extensive business knowledge, community and charitable involvement, and association with FNCB Bank for many years qualify him to serve
as a director of the Company and the Bank. Mr. DeNaples is the uncle of director, Joseph L. DeNaples, Esquire.

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Keith W. Eckel,
age 78, was appointed as a director of Peoples Financial Services Corp.
and Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company as of July 1, 2024, in accordance with the FNCB merger agreement. Prior to the FNCB merger,
Mr. Eckel served on the boards of directors of FNCB and FNCB Bank since 2014. Mr. Eckel is the sole owner and Chief Executive Officer
of Fred W. Eckel and Sons and President of Eckel Farms, Inc. Mr. Eckel is an Emeritus Trustee of The Pennsylvania State University
and serves as the chair of the Trustees of Countryside Community Church. Mr. Eckel formerly served as Board member and Chairman of
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, a Fortune 100 insurance provider, and Allied Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Company. Mr. Eckel also previously served as a Board Member of the International Food and