First Community Financial Bank Adds Commercial Team Lead

JOLIET, Ill., March 22, 2016 -- First Community Financial Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCFP) (the “Company”), the parent company of First Community Financial Bank (“First Community” or the “Bank”), today announced the hiring by the Bank of Matthew E. Coffey, Senior Vice President, to lead our commercial banking team in our Burr Ridge market. 

Roy C. Thygesen, Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank, commented, “We are very pleased to be able to attract such an experienced individual to First Community.  A talented individual like Matt further enhances our growing team of experienced commercial relationship bankers.  It’s becoming clear that were are an attractive alternative for high-quality commercial bankers in Chicagoland.”

Matt brings to the Bank over 20 years of commercial banking experience, serving the needs of small to mid-sized businesses and has led several commercial teams at banks throughout Chicagoland. Matt commented, “I am very excited to join the Bank and be part of a strong, growing organization that values its customers and relationships first.”

About First Community Financial Partners, Inc.: First Community Financial Partners, Inc., headquartered in Joliet, Illinois, is a bank holding company whose common stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market (NASDAQ:FCFP). First Community Financial Partners has one bank subsidiary, First Community Financial Bank. First Community Financial Bank, based in Plainfield, Illinois, is a wholly owned banking subsidiary of First Community Financial Partners, with locations in Joliet, Plainfield, Homer Glen, Channahon, Naperville and Burr Ridge, Illinois. The Bank is dedicated to its founding principles by being actively involved in the communities it serves and providing exceptional personal service delivered by experienced local professionals.

Special Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
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Contact: Glen L. Stiteley, Chief Financial Officer - (815) 725-1885