TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Tupelo, Mississippi-based Cadence Bank has hired Michael Milich to serve as wealth regional president for Texas. Based in Houston, he is an accomplished private banking and wealth management expert and an estate attorney. He leads an integrated team providing investment management, trust and estate planning, and financial consulting services. Early in his career, Milich practiced … Read more
Nashwa Akladios has joined Galveston-based Moody Bank’s Friendswood banking team as senior vice president and commercial banking officer. With more than 30 years of banking experience, she specializes in commercial and residential real estate, construction, commercial, industrial, and asset-based lending, equipment financing and lines of credit. Akladios comes to Moody Bank from Truist, for which … Read more
In late June, Dallas-based Comerica Bank announced that Stephen Jeffrey has been named senior vice president/Austin market president. He will lead market strategy, collaboration, community development and overall growth, as well as direct the region’s commercial team as group manager of business banking and middle market. “What sets Stephen apart is not just his expertise … Read more
Rachel Slade has joined San Antonio-based Texas Partners Bank as vice president/treasury solutions relationship manager. She has 19 years of experience in financial services and expertise in management, private and business banking. Slade previously served as Nashville area manager/business banker at Legends Bank in Nashville, Tennessee, for more than five years. Prior to that, she … Read more
On March 18, Harvey P. Hartenstine, president and chief banking executive of San Antonio-based Broadway Bank, and David McGee, Houston-based Amegy Bank’s Central Texas CEO, were inducted into the San Antonio Business Hall of Fame, along with Elaine Mendoza, founder, president and CEO of Conceptual MindWorks Inc. The prestigious honor, presented annually by Junior Achievement … Read more
Tupelo, Mississippi-based Cadence Bank has promoted Amber Owen to Northeast Texas division president, a newly realigned division with eight branches covering Texarkana, Longview and Tyler. Owen has been with Cadence Bankand its predecessor banks for more than 25 years, rising through the ranks while gaining expertise in commercial lending and private banking, as well as … Read more
Dallas-based PlainsCapital Bank recently announced that Andrew Cunningham, CFA, CMT, ChFC, has been named senior vice president/chief investment officer of The Private Bank at PlainsCapital. He succeeds Richard Wyatt, who retired at the end of 2023 after more than 16 years as chief investment officer. In his new role, Cunningham will oversee the investment department … Read more
Corpus Christi-based American Bank recently added a four-person private banking team to its growing San Antonio presence. The new team—Jerry Daniel, Jeff Hawthorn, Anthony Perez and Diana Cervantes—will office out of American Bank’s San Antonio branch at 12800 San Pedro Ave. They will report to Byron Bexley, vice chairman for San Antonio. “This team of … Read more
Dallas-based Veritex Community Bank, which specializes in providing depository and credit services to small to mid-sized businesses, has appointed William Ray Jr. as executive vice president/managing director for middle-market banking, Brent Reed as executive vice president/director of commercial real estate and Will Richardson as executive vice president/private banking. All three are joining from Bank of … 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