BankAtlantic Bancorp Names Executive

BankAtlantic Bancorp, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has hired former the former senior vice president and regional sales manager at Barnett Bank of Tampa as president of its own new Tampa Bay division.

Tony D. Parker is one of about 30 former Barnett Banks Inc. employees that BankAtlantic has hired. NationsBank Corp. bought Jacksonville-based Barnett in January.

BankAtlantic expects to open its first branch in the Tampa area by late June and have six by yearend. Mr. Parker will also manage a team of officer-level small-business bankers.

Mr. Parker had worked for Barnett Bank of Tampa for 21 years. He had held his last jobs there since 1990, and before that spent eight years as a vice president and manager of three branches and six years as a collection manager and assistant vice president for consumer lending.u

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