10/09/2026
It's a great day to spotlight Greg Block, Vice President II - Commercial Banking, who works with family and privately owned businesses across Southeastern Wisconsin, including a strong base of manufacturers. Greg brings more than 20 years of banking experience to those relationships, spanning Commercial Banking, Private Banking, Portfolio Management, and Credit Administration.
Greg began his career as a credit analyst, then spent five years as a Commercial Relationship Manager and six years as a Private Banking Relationship Manager before joining First Business Bank in 2020.
As a result of his work, Greg has developed particular depth in two specialties: ESOP financing and sponsor finance. In an ESOP transaction, a business owner sells the company to its employees, and the deal has to work for three groups at once: the owner stepping away, the employees taking on ownership, and a business that still has to make payroll and grow. Sponsor finance serves companies backed by private equity, whose financing needs shift as those companies grow, add debt, or change hands. Both call for a type of layered deal structuring around which Greg has built an expertise.
Because business owners' wealth is mostly tied up in their businesses, Greg also partners with First Business Bank's Private Wealth team, giving owners and key executives insight into strategies that grow and protect their personal finances at the same time they're growing their businesses.
Outside the bank, Greg serves as Past President on the board of Life Navigators and is passionate about their mission to provide support and resources to families of people with disabilities. He played football at Luther College, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree, and later graduated from the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Connect with Greg to talk about financing strategies to help your business position itself for the future. https://firstbusiness.bank/representatives/greg-block/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Organic&utm_campaign=2026-Q4-10-CLTM-SEBlockSocialFeature
