TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
John Olson has joined Houston-based Amegy Bank as vice president and Dallas/Fort Worth area mortgage production manager. With more than 20 years of banking and finance experience, he will help grow the bank’s North Texas market residential mortgage division. Olson most recently served as managing director of residential mortgage at Bank Ozk in the Dallas … Read more
Plains Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Dimmitt-based First United Bank, has announced the addition of Brayden Ruthart to its Amarillo lending team. He will serve as vice president of commercial lending and will office at the Amarillo-Colonies banking center, located at 4501 First United Bank Pkwy. in Amarillo. An Amarillo native, Ruthart spent nearly … Read more
On September 19, Liberty Capital Bancshares Inc., the holding company for Addison-based Liberty Capital Bank, announced its plans to merge with Southwestern Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Boerne-based Texas Heritage Bank. The merger is based upon long-standing respect and mentorship between Texas Heritage Bank principals Jack Griggs and Steve Mack and the co-founder of Liberty … Read more
First Financial Bankshares Inc., the parent company of Abilene-based First Financial Bank, has announced the election of Brian D. Goodrich as executive vice president and general counsel. “We are delighted to welcome Brian to Abilene and the company’s executive management team as the first general counsel for First Financial Bankshares,” says F. Scott Dueser, chairman, … Read more
Fort Worth-based NBT Financial Bank announced two officer new hires in September. Kyler Conde has joined NBT Financial Bank as assistant vice president/credit analyst. He previously worked for First Bank Texas as an appraisal and special assets team lead. Prior to that, he was an assistant lender at Spirit of Texas Bank. Conde holds an … Read more
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
Henderson-based VeraBank has hired Paul Gerling to serve as executive vice president and regional chairman in its Austin market. He will lead the bank’s business in Travis, Bastrop and Hays counties. Gerling steps into the role following an extensive career in the Austin financial sector. With 34 years of banking experience, he previously led all … Read more
Wichita Falls-based American National Bank & Trust has appointed Judy Leveridge chief risk officer. She brings more than 30 years of banking industry experience to her new role, with a diverse background spanning credit, risk management, operations, compliance and regulatory liaison. “Judy brings a wealth of knowledge and experience around the discipline of credit, risk … 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