Paul M. Limbert Elected to WesBanco Board of Directors

Edward M. George, chairman of the board of WesBanco Inc., a Wheeling, West Virginia based multi-state bank holding company which operates WesBanco Insurance Services Inc., announced that the WesBanco board of directors recently elected Paul M. Limbert to the holding company board at their December meeting.

Limbert has been a member of the management team at WesBanco for more than 25 years, currently serving as president & CEO of WesBanco Inc., president & CEO of WesBanco affiliate WesBanco Bank Inc. and chairman of the board of WesBanco Bank Inc. He was elected as president of WesBanco, Inc. in August 2001 after serving as the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer. Limbert has served in the additional capacities of senior lending officer for WesBanco and as president & CEO of WesBanco Bank Wheeling.

Limbert’s business and business community activities include his serving on the boards of directors of the Ohio Valley Industrial & Business Development Corporation (OVIBDC), the Wheeling Area Chamber of Commerce and Elmhurst. He also serves as the Treasurer of Vance Memorial Presbyterian Church in Wheeling. In addition to his local affiliations, Limbert is also a member of the boards of directors of the West Virginia Bankers Association, the West Virginia Education Alliance and the West Virginia Board of Banking and Financial Institutions, a position to which he was appointed by West Virginia Governor, Robert Wise.