TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Farmers Branch-based TIB The Independent BankersBank NA has hired Curtis Harvey, to return to the company as executive vice president/chief financial officer, a position he held from 2003 to 2012. He will also serve as an advisory director on the board. Harvey has enjoyed a long and distinguished banking career that began as an accounting … Read more
On August 20, Dallas-based Hilltop Holdings Inc. announced that Tom C. Nichols has been elected to the company’s board of directors, on which he will serve as a member of the risk committee and merger and acquisition committee. Nichols is the owner and CEO of Carlile Holdings Inc., a family investment office. He served as … Read more
After a struggle between shareholders and the board of directors of United Bank of El Paso del Norte, the bank recently announced its new directors: George Bailey, retired vice president of Phelps Dodge Mining Co. and a founding shareholder of United Bank of El Paso del Norte. He will serve as board chair. Susan Austin, … Read more
Educator and banking advocate George William Berry, 85, passed away on June 19 in Austin. While serving on the faculty of Texas Tech University in the 1960s, he began working as an independent consultant in economics and served as an expert witness for financial institutions in depositions, hearings and administrative cases on more than a … Read more
Ken Moore, president and CEO of Anahuac National Bank recently announced the hiring of Austin Snell. After training at the Anahuac National Bank location, Snell will serve as a general lender at Barbers Hill Bank in Mont Belvieu. Anahuac National Bank is comprised of a family of community banks serving Southeast Texas, including Anahuac National … Read more
Longtime president of First National Bank of Trenton Lewis Donaghey passed away on August 9 in Trenton after a brief struggle with pneumonia. He served as the president of the First National Bank of Trenton for 50 years, following in his father’s and grandfather’s footsteps. He worked with his father for 40 years and his … Read more
Richard Ware II, chairman of Amarillo National Bank, celebrated his 50th year at the family-owned bank in July. Representing the fourth generation of Ware family leadership, Ware helped transform Amarillo Bank into the largest 100-percent family-owned bank in the nation and a dominant business in the Texas Panhandle and beyond. Richard Ware became president of … Read more
In June, Dallas-based TIB The Independent BankersBank NA announced the election of Gary L. Owens and John J. D’Angelo to the board of directors of Independent Bankers Financial Corporation (IBFC). Owens is the president of Houston-based Wallis Bank and its holding company, Wallis Bancshares Inc. He also serves on the board of the Independent Bankers … Read more
Ruston, Louisiana-based Origin Bank recently announced that Susan Ascoy has joined the company’s North Texas team as vice president/treasury management officer. She has nearly 14 years of banking experience specializing in treasury management and business development for commercial, wealth management and international banking. In her new position at Origin Bank, she will develop and execute … Read more
Midland-based FirstCapital Bank of Texas has hired Kenneth L. Burgess III to serve as senior vice president/senior relationship manager at the bank’s Midland Plaza location. He has 14 years of banking experience, including working for FirstCapital Bank of Texas from 2007 to 2019. Originally from Midland, Burgess says he is excited to return to his … Read more