TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Jeff Austin III, vice chairman of the board at Jacksonville-based Austin Bank, recently announced a number of promotions. The promotions were approved at the March 2021 board of directors meeting. Natalie Henderson was promoted to vice president and assistant retail market manager for the Southwest region. She joined the bank in 2013 as a teller in … Read more
Anthony Phillips, senior vice president/institutional wealth sales manager at Tulsa, Oklahoma-based BOKF, and Mark Nurdin, CEO for Bank of Texas, Fort Worth, recently announced the appointment of David Crotty, CRPC, as vice president/business development officer. Crotty will cultivate business opportunities for the institutional wealth management (IWM) retirement plans and asset services team in the North … Read more
Dallas-based PlainsCapital Bank recently announced a series of senior-level leadership promotions across its Dallas, Austin and Lubbock markets. John Owens has transitioned from West Texas region chairman to chairman emeritus. He co-founded PlainsCapital Bank in 1988 and has more than four decades of banking experience in the Lubbock area. He received a BBA degree and … Read more
Galveston-based HomeTown Bank recently announced a number of staff promotions, as well as a new hire. HomeTown Bank has promoted Elizabeth Birch to vice president. Birch, who has 17 years of banking experience, joined HomeTown Bank seven years ago in the new accounts department at the Galveston main bank and is now new accounts supervisor. She … Read more
The board of directors of Corpus Christi-based Charter Bank has promoted Kirk Bourland to vice president of commercial lending. He has been with the bank since 2018, starting as a credit analyst/loan trainee. Bourland has a BBA degree in finance and BBA degree in business economics from Texas Tech University. In other news, Daniel Nash has joined Charter … Read more
Midland-based FirstCapital Bank of Texas recently announced the promotions of the following Midland employees: Rachel Duzan has been promoted to banking officer/assistant controller FirstBancshares of Texas. She has served with FirstCapital Bank of Texas since 2019. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Duzan has a BS degree from Robert Morris University and an MBA degree from West Virginia University. … Read more
Rusty Hitt, CEO of Corsicana-based Community National Bank & Trust of Texas, has announced the promotion of 10 officers at the bank’s Corsicana, Burleson and Centerville locations. Steven Nutt was promoted to executive vice president and chief financial officer. He has been with the bank for seven years and holds a BBA degree from Harding … Read more
Lubbock-based Plains Bancorp Inc., the holding company for First United Bank and Spirit Mortgage, recently announced the following promotions: Julie Parsons, vice president. She has been with the bank since 2018 and has 23 years of mortgage industry experience. Parsons offices in the bank’s Amarillo Colonies banking center, where she is a mortgage loan officer. She … Read more
Midland-based FirstCapital Bank of Texas recently announced the promotions of the following employees in Amarillo. Edmond Bachman has been promoted to vice president/relationship manager. Originally from Vernon, he has a bachelor’s degree in business finance from Midwestern State University and has been with FirstCapital Bank of Texas since 2014. Jacob Ortega has been promoted to vice … Read more
Fort Worth-based The National Bank of Texas at Fort Worth recently announced the hiring of Jeff Day as vice president/credit analyst in Fort Worth. Day has 14 years of experience in real estate investment and brokerage. He received his BBA degree in real estate with a concentration in finance from the Hankamer School of Business … Read more