TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Choudrant, Louisiana-based Origin Bank has announced six new hires and six promotions across its North and East Texas markets. The new hires include: Charlie Bogan, regional executive vice president/private banking relationship manager at the bank’s Preston Financial Center in Dallas. He has more than 20 years of experience in banking, specializing in private banking, credit … Read more
On April 23, Dallas-based Texas Capital announced several executive leadership appointments that, according to the bank, “are designed to scale the firm’s clearly differentiated platform in its next phase of growth.” Jeff Hood has been appointed managing director/chief human resources officer. He joins Texas Capital from Citizens Financial Group with more than 25 years of … Read more
On March 2, Pine Bluff, Arkansas-based Simmons Bank announced the promotion of Laura Condley to private banking market executive. In her new position, she will oversee all private banking activities in the Oklahoma and Texas markets. Condley started her banking career at Simmons Bank as a market retail manager. Throughout her tenure, she advanced to … Read more
Birmingham, Alabama-based Regions Bank announced that Kafi Slaughter has joined the bank to serve as area wealth leader for Regions Private Wealth Management across Houston, Austin, San Antonio and other markets in the southern half of the Lone Star State. She will report to Connie Rogers, Texas regional executive for Regions Private Wealth Management. A fifth-generation … Read more
In the new year, San Antonio-based Jefferson Bank announced key executive promotions upon the retirement of Danny Butler, the bank’s longtime president and CEO, who retired at the end of 2025. Butler retired after 26 years of service at Jefferson Bank and nearly 50 years in the banking industry. Under his leadership, the bank expanded … Read more
Dallas-based PlainsCapital Bank announced that Evans Attwell has joined the bank as senior vice president/senior business development officer. He will be based at PlainsCapital Bank’s Kirby location in Houston. “Evans has a long history of working with Houston businesses and individuals and understands what it takes to build lasting relationships,” notes Danny Schroder, Houston region … Read more
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