McKinney-based Independent Financial has named Michael Keith head of middle-market banking for North Texas. He has more than 30 years of experience in commercial and corporate banking and comes to Independent Financial from another institution at which he served as managing director of franchise corporate banking over the Southwestern U.S. During his career, Keith has served entirely in client-facing roles delivering financial solutions and ideas to clients ranging from middle-market firms up to large corporate relationships. His expertise includes commercial and corporate relationship banking, deposit and treasury services, wealth management and capital markets executions.
“Michael will be responsible for our current team of relationship managers in the DFW metroplex, bringing in new talent to our middle-market team and the growth of our portfolio in North Texas,” says Tiffany Cason, head of middle-market. “Having him lead this important initiative for our bank in growing the middle-market segment is an exciting and critical step in our future of serving our North Texas clients.”
Keith earned a BBA degree in finance from Stephen F. Austin State University and is a FINRA Securities license holder. He serves on the board of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and the event committee for the SEAL Legacy Foundation’s Annual Fundraising Gala.
Established in 1913, Independent Bank Group, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Independent Financial, operates in four market regions in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin and Houston areas in Texas, as well as the Colorado Front Range area, including Denver, Colorado Springs and Fort Collins.
