EXHIBIT 23.2
CONSENT OF KPMG LLP
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EXHIBIT 23.2
The Board of Directors
Wintrust Financial Corporation
We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of Wintrust Financial Corporation relating to the Wintrust Financial
Corporation 1997 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, of our report dated March 19,
1999, relating to the consolidated statement of condition Wintrust Financial
Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, changes in shareholders' equity and cash
flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 1998,
which report is incorporated by reference in the December 31, 1999 Annual Report
on Form 10-K of Wintrust Financial Corporation.
KPMG LLP
Chicago, Illinois
December 21, 2000
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