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New Century Bank in Chicago has hired George Metzger as its executive vice president of commercial lending and a director of its holding company, NCB Holdings Inc.
Mr. Metzger was the senior vice president in charge of business development and the commercial lending group at Fifth Third Bancorp, which he joined in 2001, when it bought Old Kent Bank. Before that he had held the same job at Old Kent since 2000.
Earlier he had spent 10 years at CNBC Bancorp Inc., most recently as the president and a director. New Century Bank has $414 million of assets.
Amalgamated Bank in New York has promoted Louis DeLuca and George Jarvis to executive vice president and co-director of commercial banking.
Both had been senior vice presidents at the $4.6 billion-asset bank, where they managed middle-market clients and worked to expand that customer base. In their new positions, they will oversee the growth of relationships with labor unions and businesses in areas with high concentrations of unionized workers.
Before joining Amalgamated last year, Mr. DeLuca had been a senior vice president and relationship manager at North Fork Bank. Earlier he had founded the merchant banking firm LDL Associates Inc.
Mr. Jarvis also joined Amalgamated last year. Before that he had been the senior marketing officer for North Fork Business Capital. Earlier he had held a variety of positions with Commerce Bancorp Inc. of Cherry Hill, N.J., since 2001.
Both will report to Derrick D. Cephas, Amalgamated's president and chief executive officer.
SOUTHEASTParkway Bank in Lenoir, N.C., hired James E. Sponenberg 3rd as its chief executive officer.
Mr. Sponenberg had been in retirement since 2005. Before retiring, he had been a senior vice president and market president with SunTrust Bank.
Earlier he had been the president of CCB Savings Bank of Lenoir Inc. SSB, which Central Carolina Bank and Trust Co. of Durham bought in 1995. SunTrust acquired Central Carolina in 2005. He had begun his career with Central Carolina in 1978.
Parkway Bank has $109 million of assets.
Mechanics and Farmers Bank, a Durham, N.C., unit of M&F Bancorp Inc., has hired James E. Sansom as a senior vice president and its chief lending officer.
Mr. Sansom joined the $227 million-asset bank from Cardinal State Bank, where he had been a first vice president and business banker since 2003. He previously worked with Mechanics and Farmers from 1991 until 2002, most recently as a senior vice president and senior lender.
Seacoast Banking Corp. of Florida in Stuart has promoted Russell Holland 3rd to executive vice president of the holding company and executive vice president and chief banking officer of its Seacoast National Bank.
Mr. Holland had been the executive vice president of commercial lending since he joined the $2.4 billion-asset bank in 2006. In his new role, he will oversee Seacoast's market in Stuart and will remain in charge of commercial lending.
Before joining Seacoast, he had held senior-level positions in Florida with a variety of companies, including Bank of America Corp. and Wachovia Corp.
City National Bank of Florida in Miami has hired Daniel S. Kushner as executive vice president of finance.
Mr. Kushner had been a partner for the past 18 years at Gerson, Preston, Robinson & Co., where he had worked since 1979. In his most recent position, he directed a variety of the firm's areas, including auditing, consulting, and mergers and acquisitions.
City National is a $2.6 billion-asset unit of City National Bancshares Inc. in Miami.
WESTSunwest Bank, a Tustin, Calif., unit of Western Acquisitions LLC, has hired Robert L. Cafaro as vice president and branch sales manager of its Newport Beach branch.
Mr. Cafaro was a vice president and branch manager at U.S. Bank. Earlier he had held the same jobs with City National Bank and Citibank. Sunwest Bank has $310 million of assets. In addition to Newport Beach, it has branches in Laguna Hills and Anaheim.
