C-suite

David Rainbolt, who has been the company's CEO since the early 1990s, has handed the reins to a pair of longtime deputies. Rainbolt will stay at BancFirst as its executive chairman.

In a world where confidence is rewarded more than indecision, businesses risk elevating confident leaders who overestimate their abilities. In banking, that can have harmful effects.

The bank also announced that it has recruited a BancWest executive to replace Michael Descheneaux as CFO.

James Herbert, 72, has once again postponed retirement. The longtime CEO was scheduled to step down at yearend, but the company says he will remain at the helm through 2020.

The Arizona company said Kenneth Vecchione would be a candidate to eventually replace CEO Robert Sarver.

The Mississippi company said Mitchell Waycaster will succeed Robin McGraw in May 2018.

Rusty Cloutier had been CEO of MidSouth Bancorp for 32 years. Energy-sector woes helped do him in.

Craig Dahl, who took over as CEO last year when Bill Cooper retired, has added the chairman title.

Doug Bowers will serve as the permanent replacement for Steven Sugarman, who resigned in January.

Joseph Evans will step down as CEO on June 1, though he will remain the company's chairman. Thomas Wiley, a longtime associate of Evans, is set to take the helm.