Amegy Bank–Central Texas has hired Clay Jett to serve as executive vice president of commercial and corporate banking. He will lead a team engaged in business development and relationship management strategies serving middle-market and large corporate companies located across the greater San Antonio and Austin markets.
“As we continue to expand across Central Texas, we are honored to welcome such a talented, well-respected leader such as Clay to our regional executive management team,” says April Bailey, Amegy Bank’s Central Texas market president. “His industry experience, deep community roots and hyperlocal market knowledge will undoubtedly set him and his team up for success here at Amegy.”
Jett brings 35 years of banking and finance experience in which he has spent most of his career advising Texas-based business executives and owners throughout all aspects of financial services, planning and decision-making. Prior to joining Amegy Bank, he served for more than 10 years as Central Texas regional chairman at Simmons Bank.
Jett earned his BBA degree in finance and economics from the University of Texas–Arlington. He is a board member for the Texas Business Hall of Fame and Valero Alamobowl Bowl, director for the San Antonio Livestock Exposition, co-chair for Christy’s Hope Foundation and has served as a board director for the San Antonio Symphony, North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and Family Service Association.
Established in 1990, Amegy Bank, a division of Zions Bancorporation NA, has more than 75 locations across Houston, Dallas/Fort Worth and Central Texas.