MainStreet Bancshares announces retirement plan of CFO Thomas Chmelik

MainStreet Bancshares (MNSB), the Financial Holding Company for MainStreet Bank, announced that Thomas J. Chmelik will retire as the CFO of MainStreet Bancshares, on December 31. He will continue to serve as the Senior Executive Vice President and Secretary of the Bank and Company through December 31, 2027. Chmelik is a co-founder of MainStreet Bank, which opened in May 2004. Chmelik is a career banker having served as the CFO of four successful community banks in the Washington, DC market as well as working on a World Bank initiative to restructure the National Bank of Commerce – the largest commercial bank in Tanzania, Africa. “I feel very fortunate to have worked side-by-side with Tom to establish and build MainStreet Bank,” said Jeff Dick, Chairman & CEO of MainStreet Bancshares, Inc. and MainStreet Bank. “Tom is an unconventional CFO – he’s as comfortable behind the desk as he is out in the community sourcing new loan and deposit opportunities for the team. I’m especially proud of the job Tom did in preparing our Bank CFO Alex Vari to assume the role as Company CFO upon his planned retirement.”