TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
El Paso-based WestStar Bank recently announced the promotion of Courtney Yeatman to senior vice president/construction banker. She will continue to maintain banking relationships with homebuilders and generate new business opportunities to expand the bank’s residential construction loan portfolio. Yeatman holds an MBA degree in finance from Colorado Technical University and is a graduate of the … Read more
Texas City-based Texas First Bank has promoted Jeffery Morgan to vice president/relationship manager in Conroe and the surrounding areas. Morgan joined the bank in 2019 as a credit analyst before transitioning to lender in 2020. Prior to joining Texas First Bank, he was an accounting technician intern at the Texas Department of Banking. A native … Read more
Amanda McChesney has been appointed executive vice president and chief credit officer at San Antoinio-based Texas Partners Bank. She will focus on developing credit risk policies, strategies and portfolio management. With more than 17 years of commercial banking experience, McChesney previously served as senior vice president and credit executive at Texas Partners Bank, covering the … Read more
El Paso-based WestStar Bank has promoted Victor Barroteran to senior vice president/commercial banking manager. In this new role, Barroteran will lead and develop one of WestStar’s commercial banking teams to facilitate the expansion of new commercial business. With 27 years of experience, Barroteran brings a robust background in commercial banking, leadership and business development to his … Read more
Les Mendicello, CEO and chairman of Longview-based Spring Hill State Bank, announced that the board of directors has appointed Wallace E. Rhymes III as president and bank director. Rhymes has served as executive vice president and advisory director since 2021. Rhymes joined the bank in 1997 and has more than 30 years of banking experience. … Read more
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma-based Valliance Bank has promoted Matt Clouse to chief lending officer. He will also continue to serve as Norman president. Valliance Bank has Texas branches in Fort Worth and McKinney. “Matt has been with Valliance since it was chartered in 2004 and has played an integral and important role in our growth as … Read more
The board of directors of Corpus Christi-based Charter Bank announced that Jack Cissna has been promoted to vice president of commercial lending. He joined the bank in 2022 as an assistant vice president. Prior to joining Charter Bank, Cissna served as a relationship manager and credit analyst at Kleberg Bank for almost four years. He … Read more
Chris Bubela has been promoted to chief banking officer at Round Rock-based R Bank, transitioning from his previous role as chief lending officer. As reported previously in Bankers Digest, Michael Ramirez has been hired to succeed Bubela as chief lending officer and executive vice president. Bubela, who also serves as executive vice president, has been … Read more
Ricky Kidd has been named chief executive officer of the National Bank of Andrews. The promotion was announced by current CEO Russell Shannon, who will remain board chairman and Andrews Bancshares Inc.’s chief executive officer. Kidd brings more than 40 years of banking and commercial lending experience in Andrews and the surrounding region. He joined … Read more
Dan Droege was recently promoted to executive vice president and regional president at Jacksonville-based Austin Bank. The promotion was announced by Jeff Austin III, chairman of the board. Droege joined the bank in 2017 as a senior vice president and relationship manager in the Longview Oak Forest office and was promoted to Longview market president … Read more