Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as adopted
pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Michael J. Maddox, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of CrossFirst Bankshares, Inc.;
2.
Based on
my knowledge,
this report
does not
contain any
untrue statement
of a
material fact
or omit
to state
a material
fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading
with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my
knowledge, the financial
statements, and other
financial information included
in this report,
fairly present in
all
material
respects
the
financial
condition,
results
of
operations
and
cash
flows
of
the
registrant
as
of,
and
for,
the
periods
presented in this report;
4.
The
registrant’s
other
certifying
officer
and
I
are
responsible
for
establishing
and
maintaining
disclosure
controls
and
procedures (as defined
in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e))
and internal control
over financial reporting
(as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed
under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the
registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
during the period in which this report
is being prepared;
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
internal control over financial reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding
the reliability of financial reporting and
the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with
generally accepted accounting
principles;
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s
disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and
procedures, as of the end of the period covered by
this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s
internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter
(the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the
case of an annual report) that
has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect,
the registrant’s internal control over financial
reporting; and
5.
The registrant’s other certifying
officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation
of internal control over
financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors
and the audit committee of the registrant’s
board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial
reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s
ability to record, process, summarize and
report financial information; and
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a significant role in the
registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
/s/ Michael J. Maddox
Michael J. Maddox
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)