First Farmers Financial Corp. approved the appointment of Mark Holt as president of subsidiary First Farmers Bank & Trust and as a director of both companies, effective Sept. 1.
Holt is an executive vice president of the bank.
The appointment is part of a leadership succession plan announced in October 2018 as current First Farmers Financial and First Farmers Bank & Trust President and CEO Gene Miles revealed his intent to decrease his daily workload.
Miles will still be the president and CEO of First Farmers Financial, the CEO of First Farmers Bank & Trust and a director of both companies.
