TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
TEXAS BANKING NEWS, PEOPLE AND IDEAS
Houston-based Texas Gulf Bank NA recently hired two executives. Winston McKnight has joined the bank as executive vice president/head of wealth management. He will work out of the bank’s Voss location. With a career spanning 30 years, his areas of expertise include wealth management services, business development and asset management. Prior to joining Texas Gulf … Read more
Elizabeth Hutcheson has joined the staff of Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust Co. as vice president/wealth and trust officer in Longview and Tyler, and Lora Smith has been hired to serve as assistant vice president/natural resources manager in the bank’s wealth management division. Hutcheson studied business management at the University of Texas–Tyler and is a Leadership … Read more
Kristen Phillips has joined the staff of Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust as vice president/wealth and trust officer in its wealth management division in Longview. Phillips has worked as a trust and wealth associate and advisor in East Texas for 10 years. She attended Blinn College and is a certified trust and fiduciary advisor through … 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
In May, Amarillo-based FirstBank Southwest announced three new hires at the downtown Amarillo office and one at the bank’s Perryton location, as well as two new employees for the bank’s wealth management division. Kevin Hunt has been hired to serve as senior vice president/commercial lender in Perryton. He brings 24 years of experience in all … Read more
A number of promotions were announced at Longview-based Texas Bank and Trust’s employee awards dinner held on March 21 in Longview. Allison Benton has been promoted to vice president and enterprise project manager. She joined the bank’s accounting department in 2007 and later transferred to the trust department as a retirement plan analyst, and then … Read more
Mimi Tran has joined Harlingen-based Texas Regional Bank as wealth advisor and Southlake market president. With more than 20 years of banking and wealth management experience, she will be responsible for building the bank’s portfolio, brand and relationships in Southlake. Prior to joining Texas Regional Bank, Tran was a community leader and private banker for … Read more
Longview-based Regions Bank Texas, a subsidiary of Birmingham, Alabama-based Regions Financial Corp., has announced that Bill Newburn, wealth management advisor, will also serve as the company’s market executive for Tyler and Longview. He joined the bank’s wealth management division in 2004. As market executive, Newburn’s role will expand to include bringing together colleagues from the … Read more
Henderson-based VeraBank has hired Phillip Shawn to serve on its wealth management team as assistant vice president/specialty asset manager. He will office at the bank’s Henderson wealth management location. Prior to joining VeraBank, Shawn spent six years managing more than 40,000 net mineral acres in the Permian Basin for a family-owned company in Dallas. “It’s … Read more