S&P Global Market Intelligence presents a weekly news summary of executive management and board chair-level changes in the bank and thrift industry.
Jan. 31
The board of Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco elected independent director John Luikart as chair and member director Brian Riley as vice chair.
Luikart, who is the president of Bethany Advisors LLC, has already served as chair from 2013 to 2016.
Riley is the president and CEO of Lake Havasu City, Ariz.-based Mohave State Bank.
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Clark Khayat has rejoined KeyCorp as executive vice president and chief strategy officer.
Khayat is the co-founder and most recently the managing director of Occom Ridge Partners LLC.
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BofI Holding Inc. appointed Raymond Matsumoto COO and Matt Brunsman chief digital officer.
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First Horizon National Corp. named Candace Steele Flippin executive vice president and chief communications officer.
Flippin previously was divisional vice president of public affairs for Abbott Laboratories.
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Jan. 30
Stacy Johnson was appointed CFO of Webster City, Iowa-based WCF Bancorp Inc.
Johnson has taught accounting and business courses at Iowa Central Community College in Fort Dodge, Iowa, as well as teaching courses at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa.
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Fresno, Calif.-based Central Valley Community Bank named James Kim executive vice president and chief administrative officer.
Kim had previously served as controller, COO, CFO and CEO in different companies in the Greater Sacramento Region.
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Kade Peterson has stepped down as senior executive vice president and COO of MidSouth Bancorp Inc. and unit MidSouth Bank NA.
He will, however, remain chief information officer of the Lafayette, La.-based company.
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La Salle, Ill.-based Eureka Savings Bank appointed John McCormick III president, effective Feb. 1, The (Ottawa, Ill.) Times reported.
McCormick — a senior vice president at the bank — will replace Barry Breuning, who is retiring.
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Jan. 29
Matthew Shinn was appointed president and CEO of Burlington, Iowa-based Two Rivers Bank & Trust.
Shinn, who previously was the bank's executive vice president of community banking, is replacing Kent Gaudian.
Two Rivers Bank & Trust is a unit of Two Rivers Financial Group.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. named Daniel Pinto and Gordon Smith co-presidents and co-COOs after Jamie Dimon relinquished his position as president.
The two will serve the positions in addition to their current roles. Pinto is CEO of the corporate and investment bank, while Smith is CEO of consumer and community banking.
Dimon plans to remain in his current roles as chairman and CEO for another five years.
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First Choice Bank named Lorraine Lee chief strategy officer.
Lee previously was first vice president and a relationship manager in the Cerritos, Calif.-based bank's commercial lending division.
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Jan. 27
Belleville, Pa.-based Kish Bank named COO Gregory Hayes president and director.
William Hayes, who previously held the role of president, will remain chairman and CEO of the bank and parent Kish Bancorp Inc.
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Jan. 26
John Boczar was appointed executive vice president, CFO, treasurer and secretary of Honaker Va.-based New Peoples Bankshares Inc. and unit New Peoples Bank Inc.
Boczar previously was senior vice president and director of tax reporting and compliance for Bank of North Carolina.
Interim CFO, Secretary and Treasurer Frank Sexton will continue serving as executive vice president and COO.
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Frost Bank named Mike Russell group executive vice president and COO, and James Waters group executive vice president and general counsel.
Russell, who is a former corporate technology executive and management consultant, will replace Gary McKnight, who is retiring in June. His appointment took effect immediately.
Waters, who was a partner with law firm Haynes and Boone LLP, will join the bank's executive team in February. He was also appointed secretary of parent Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc.'s board, replacing Stan McCormick as the bank's senior legal officer and board secretary.
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Hamburg, N.Y.-based Evans Bancorp Inc. Chairman John O'Brien is retiring, effective March 31.
The company plans to appoint a new chairman before the annual meeting of shareholders on April 26.
