Peoples Bancorp elected Terry T. Sweet to its board of directors. Sweet is a former partner at KPMG, from which he retired in 2012.

“We are delighted that Terry has joined our board,” said David L. Mead, Peoples’ chairman. “The knowledge he brings from nearly 34 years of financial services industry public accounting experience will be of tremendous value to us.”

Sweet was employed by KPMG from 1979 to 2012, and was admitted as a partner in 1989. From 2006 to 2012, he was filing review partner for KPMG’s U.S. Capital Markets group in London and New York City, where he served as the lead filing review partner for the U.S. capital raises and related regulatory filings of KPMG’s largest financial services clients.

“As an audit engagement partner and bank practice leader with KPMG for many years, Terry oversaw the execution of hundreds of financial institution audit engagements,” Chuck Sulerzyski, president and CEO for Peoples, said. “He is an excellent addition to our board, and I am thrilled that he has joined us.”

Peoples is a diversified financial products and services company with $3.4 billion in assets, 79 sales offices, including 71 full-service bank branches and 78 ATMs in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky.