Unizan Financial Corp. Names Kim M. Taylor Chief Financial Officer

Unizan Financial Corp. Names Kim M. Taylor Chief Financial
Officer 


CANTON, Ohio, May 3  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Unizan Financial Corp.'s
(NASDAQ:UNIZ) board of directors are pleased to announce the appointment of Kim
M. Taylor to chief financial officer (CFO) of the corporation.  Taylor rejoined
the organization as CFO of Unizan Bank, National Association, a subsidiary of
Unizan Financial Corp., in December of 2004.

In his new role, effective May 3, 2005, Taylor will assume additional
regulatory reporting and financial management responsibilities for Unizan
Financial Corp.  In addition, he will be responsible for all financial and
administrative activities including finance, accounting, financial planning and
regulatory reporting activities for the entire organization. Taylor will
continue to report to James H. Nicholson, executive vice president and chief
operating officer of Unizan Financial Corp. and president and chief executive
officer of Unizan Bank, National Association.

"With over 25 years of financial industry experience, Kim has been instrumental
in leading our finance and accounting team and has provided invaluable insight
to Unizan's financial management process," said Nicholson. "He has been an
integral member of our management team and he has made significant
contributions and process improvements since rejoining our organization in
December of 2004," concluded Nicholson.

About Unizan

Unizan Financial Corp., a $2.5 bank billion holding company, is a financial
services organization headquartered in Canton, Ohio.  The company operates 42
full-service retail financial centers in five metropolitan markets in Ohio -
Canton, Columbus, Dayton, Newark and Zanesville. Through Unizan Financial
Corp.'s subsidiaries, Unizan Bank, National Association; Unizan Financial
Services Group, National Association; Unizan Banc Financial Services, Inc.; and
Unizan Financial Advisors, Inc., the company offers its client base corporate
and retail banking, Internet banking and wealth management products and
services.  Additionally, the company operates government guaranteed loan
programs through its business lending centers in Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Columbus and Dayton, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Mt. Arlington, New Jersey and
Indianapolis, Indiana.  For more information on Unizan Financial Corp. and its
subsidiaries, visit the company on the Web at http://www.unizan.com/ . 

DATASOURCE: Unizan Financial Corp.



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