Mark Roberts, President of MNB Malvern National Bank • 501-332-6955 • mnbbank.com Mark Roberts, president of Malvern National Bank, didn’t choose banking. Banking chose him. An attorney by training, Roberts served the bank as outside legal counselor from the mid-1980s…
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Patrick Swope, President & CEO of Legacy National Bank Legacy National Bank • 479-717-1900 • legacyar.com Patrick Swope, president and CEO of Legacy National Bank, has banking in his DNA. The son of a banker, he never had any doubts about…
Barry Ledbetter, Executive Vice President & Chief Banking Officer of Simmons Bank Simmons Bank • 866-246-2400 • simmonsbank.com Barry Ledbetter, executive vice president and chief banking officer, has always enjoyed people and numbers. And it was that passion that led him to the…
George Harris, President of Commercial Bank Commercial Bank & Trust • 870-367-6221 • commercial-bank.net George Harris, president of Commercial Bank, didn’t want to be a banker. An experienced, oft-traveling CPA, Harris spent a lot of his time auditing banks. In an effort to…
Darrin Williams, CEO Of Southern Bancorp Southern Bancorp • 800-789-3428 • banksouthern.com For Darrin Williams, becoming CEO of Southern Bancorp was not happenstance. It was predestined. Before taking the reins, he served as chief deputy for then Attorney General Mark Pryor. He was…
Dale Cole, Chairman & CEO of First Community Bank First Community Bank • 800-971-4671 • firstcommunitybank.com Dale Cole, chairman & CEO of First Community Bank, is a veteran in the financial industry. He began his career in 1974, in downtown…
Stephen Davis, CEO of Riverside Bank Riverside Bank • 501-614-6161 • riversidebank.com Stephen Davis, a former engineer and commercial real estate developer, became a full-time banker when he invested in what was then known as Merchants & Planters Bank back in 1996. Under…
Phillip Jett, President of IberiaBank IberiaBank • 800-682-3231 • iberiabank.com Phillip Jett, Central and Northwest Arkansas president of IBERIABANK, has over 20 years of banking experience. The son of a banker, Jett was already well acquainted with the industry before majoring in finance…
Johnny Allison, Chairman of Home BancShares Centennial Bank • 883-372-9788 • my100bank.com Johnny Allison, chairman of Home BancShares, is not your average banker. A manufacturing magnate by trade, he began his career in the financial industry after being invited to…
Jim Cargill, President/CEO of Arvest in Central Arkansas Arvest Bank • 501-379-7700 • arvest.com Jim Cargill, Arvest Bank’s Central Arkansas president and CEO, has banking in his blood. And the fourth-generation banker brings that level of experience to work with him every day.…