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Mark K. Hardwick

Also known as Mark Hardwick

Mark K. Hardwick is First Merchants’ chief executive at the October 5, 2026 research cutoff.

He became chief executive on January 1, 2021. His retirement and Michael J. Stewart’s succession were announced for January 1, 2027.

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Profile sources:First Merchants announces Michael C. Rechin retirement and 2021 succession, September 29, 2020 First Merchants Form 8-K: Hardwick retirement and Stewart succession effective January 1, 2027, October 1, 2026

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First Merchants Bank: how a Muncie bank grew across the Midwest →

First Merchants Bank expanded from a nineteenth-century Muncie institution through a series of acquisitions and a common banking platform. Its story includes a resolved fair-lending case, the 2026 First Savings integration and an announced leadership handover from Mark Hardwick to Mike Stewart in January 2027.

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