TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Mount Pleasant-based Guaranty Bank & Trust recently welcomed three new bankers to its team. Natalie J. Kidd has been hired to serve as senior vice president/commercial lender at the Bryan location. She joins the bank with 14 years of experience, having previously worked for Guaranty Bank & Trust from February 2016 to January 2017. She … Read more
Corpus Christi-based American Bank has hired Jennifer Grove to join its private banking team as senior private banking officer and commercial lender. She will be responsible for serving the lending, deposit and financial services needs of private banking clients throughout the Corpus Christi area, as well as supporting the needs of her commercial lending clients. … Read more
Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust has hired two seasoned bankers for its branches in Frisco and Flower Mound. B.J. Donalson has joined the bank as senior vice president and commercial lender in its Frisco branch. He has worked in the financial services industry for more than 17 years. Donalson holds a bachelor of BBA degree … Read more
Seth New has been promoted to vice president and network support manager at Jacksonville-based Austin Bank. With 22 years of IT experience, he has been with the bank for the past six years overseeing many vital applications and teams within the technology department. New is a graduate of Texas State Technical College. He volunteers with … Read more
Numerous promotions and new hires were recently announced at Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust. Jennifer Harper has been promoted to senior vice president/commercial lender. She has been in the banking industry for more than 25 years and has served in a variety of roles with Texas Bank and Trust since 1998, currently as a commercial … Read more
Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust Co. recently announced two new hires and a promotion. Chelsea Miller has joined the staff as vice president/commercial lender. With more than 14 years of experience in the financial services industry, she most recently was a business development officer/banker for Wells Fargo Bank in Plano. Miller majored in business administration … Read more
Anna Laughlin has been promoted to vice president and commercial lender in Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust’s Frisco branch. In addition, Tracy Perry has joined the bank in its Richardson location as vice president and commercial lender and Alex Myers joins the bank as business development officer/treasury management, in its Fort Worth branch. Laughlin joined … Read more
Promotions and a new hire have been announced at Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust’s West Grande and South Broadway locations in Tyler. Zach Gilbert has been promoted to vice president/commercial lender. He holds a BS degree in agricultural and applied economics degree from Texas Tech University and is a graduate of the Oklahoma University Economic … Read more
Tupelo, Mississippi-based BancorpSouth Bank has named Jennifer Odom community bank president in McKinney. She oversees the banking operations of the McKinney Eldorado Parkway branch, as well as the bank’s local community involvement and business development efforts. Odom joined BancorpSouth in 2019 and has more than 17 years of experience in residential and commercial lending. She most recently served … Read more
Odessa-based SouthWest Bank recently announced the promotions of key employees in various roles and new appointments to the board of directors. Paul Weaver, a 20 year veteran with SouthWest Bank, has accepted the position of Odessa area president. He is currently the chief lending officer at SouthWest Bank and will continue in this role as … Read more