Michael R. Brenan is taking over as chief executive officer of $800 million-asset Piedmont Bank Group Inc., Martinsville, Va., succeeding Irving M. Groves Jr.
Mr. Brenan will also be board chairman and president. Mr. Groves will remain a director.
The new CEO is moving from Ohio, where he was president and chief operating officer of $1.2 billion-asset Bank One Youngstown.
Earlier he was president and chief executive officer of Bank One Portsmouth, Ohio, and executive vice president of Bank One Mansfield, Ohio.
