CHFC 2018 Proxy Statement

Robert S. Rathbun, age 54, is Executive Vice President Retail and Regional President of the East Region of Chemical Bank. Mr. Rathbun joined Chemical Bank in 1987, working in Corporate Loan Review and Corporate Compliance before transferring to commercial lending in 1997. In 2003, he was promoted to Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending and in 2007 was named Community President of the Midland Community Bank and Senior Lender for the Owosso, Clare and Midland Community Banks. Mr. Rathbun served as Regional President of the East Region of Chemical Bank from May 2012 to April 19, 2015 and was re- appointed to that position on November 13, 2017. Mr. Rathbun served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - Customer Experience from April 20, 2015, until November 13, 2017. Mr. Rathbun was appointed to the board of managers of InSite Capital, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation, on May 31, 2015. Mr. Rathbun is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and the Senior Leadership Team of Chemical Bank. Mr. Rathbun served as a Vice President of the Chemical Bank Foundation’s Board of Trustees from January 2013 until August 2017. Timothy D. Regan , age 56, is Chief Risk Officer of the Corporation and Chemical Bank, a position he has held since August 2017. Mr. Regan previously served as the Director of Business Risk for the Corporation upon completion of our merger with Talmer Bancorp, Inc. on August 31, 2016, and served as the Chief Risk Officer of Talmer Bank and Trust from May 2015 until August 2016. Before that, Mr. Regan served as the Director of Enterprise Risk from April 2013 until May 2015 and as Director of Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk from 2010 until April 2013 of Talmer Bank and Trust. He has over 35 years of financial institution experience, including as Corporate Secretary, Director, Controller, Chief Financial Officer, General Auditor and Enterprise Risk Officer. Mr. Regan previously served as a member of Trustees of Port Huron Hospital and is currently a member of the McLaren - Port Huron Hospital’s Audit Committee. Mr. Regan is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and the Senior Leadership Team of Chemical Bank. Daniel W. Terpsma , age 63, is Executive Vice President of Commercial Lending of Chemical Bank, a position he has held since September 14, 2015. Mr. Terpsma previously served Chemical Bank as Managing Director - Strategic Growth from November 1, 2014 until September 13, 2015. Before that, Mr. Terpsma served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Northwestern Bank from 2013 until it was acquired by the Corporation on October 31, 2014. Mr. Terpsma previously held management positions with Old Kent Financial Corporation, LaSalle Bank/ABNAmro Corporation, Bank of America Corporation and Westwater Group. Mr. Terpsma is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and the Senior Leadership Team of Chemical Bank. James E. Tomczyk , age 65, is Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of Chemical Bank, a position he has held since January 2006. Mr. Tomczyk joined Shoreline Bank in February 1999 as Executive Vice President of its Private Banking, Trust and Investment divisions and became Senior Executive Vice President of these divisions in October 2000. He served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of Chemical Bank Shoreline (consolidated into Chemical Bank) from January 2002 until December 31, 2005. Mr. Tomczyk was appointed to the board of managers of InSite Capital, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Corporation, on May 31, 2015. Mr. Tomczyk is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and the Senior Leadership Team of Chemical Bank. Kathleen S. Wendt , age 44, is Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of the Corporation and Chemical Bank, a position she has held since October 2017. On February 27, 2018, our board appointedMs.Wendt to serve as our principal accounting officer in her role as ChiefAccounting Officer. Ms.Wendt served as ChiefAccounting Officer and an ExecutiveManaging Director of Talmer Bancorp, Inc. from June 2011 until its merger with the Corporation on August 31, 2016. She served as First Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Chemical Bank following the merger with Talmer Bancorp, Inc. until March 2017. Ms.Wendt is a certified public accountant with experience in financial reporting, accounting policy and the management of controls over financial reporting. Ms. Wendt served in a number of positions with Comerica Incorporated, a financial institution with more than $60 billion in total assets, from May 2003 until June 2011, including Senior Vice President, Director of External Reporting and Senior Vice President, Director of Accounting Policy and Financial Procedures and Controls. Before that, Ms. Wendt served as anAssurance Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers located in Chicago, Illinois and Zurich, Switzerland. Ms. Wendt is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and the Senior Leadership Team of Chemical Bank. 22