Peter F. Benoist

President & CEO
Enterprise Financial Services Corp

Peter joined Enterprise in October of 2002 and became CEO of Enterprise Financial Services Corp in May of 2008. Formerly, he had been Chairman of the Board, Executive Vice President of the holding company and Chairman and CEO of Enterprise Bank & Trust. Prior to Enterprise, Peter had been a Director and Executive Vice President of Mark Twain Bancshares and Chairman and CEO of Mark Twain’s $3 billion banking operations in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas, where his responsibilities included all commercial and retail banking activities, as well as Mark Twain’s $1 billion Trust Division. Following Mark Twain’s acquisition by Mercantile Bancorp., Benoist served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Mercantile’s St. Louis Bank, a $12 billion banking operation and the largest banking subsidiary in the Mercantile bank system. Following the acquisition of Mercantile by Firstar Bank, now US Bancorp, Benoist served as Regional Chairman and Market President for the St. Louis market. Benoist holds a BA degree and an MBA in finance from St. Louis University.

He serves on the Board of Governors for Cardinal Blennon Children's Hospital Foundation, the Board of Directors of Regional Housing and Community Development Alliance, Grace Hill Settlement House, Jefferson National Parks Association, Murphy Company, Retirement Plan Services and the United Way of Greater St. Louis.