MIDDLE ATLANTIC
Ridgewood Savings Bank in New York has hired Frank O'Hagan as a vice president and investment officer.
Mr. O'Hagan had been a vice president, investment officer, business development officer, and loan review officer at Pamrapo Savings Bank of Bayonne, N.J. Before that he had been a vice president at various financial services firms, including Tucker Anthony Inc., where he counseled community banks in the New York area on securities investment and balance-sheet management.
Ridgewood Savings has $4.1 billion of assets.
Bank of Georgetown in Washington has hired H.B. Swoope 5th as vice president of commercial banking in its Arlington Courthouse, Va., branch.
Mr. Swoope was a vice president and business banking officer at Chevy Chase Bank in Maryland. Before that he had owned and managed Sherwood Gourmet, a restaurant in Alexandria, Va.
Bank of Georgetown has $207 million of assets.
SOUTHEASTNewBridge Bancorp of Greensboro, N.C., has promoted Pressley A. Ridgill to president and chief executive officer.
Mr. Ridgill will remain the president and CEO of its $2 billion-asset NewBridge Bank, jobs he has held since last year, when NewBridge Bancorp bought his previous employer, FNB Financial Services Corp. He held a similar position at FNB and its FNB Southeast. Before that he had been an executive vice president at First Commerce Bank of Charlotte, which he helped create.
He succeeded Robert F. Lowe, who retired but will remain a member of the boards of NewBridge Bancorp and its bank.
South Carolina Bank and Trust of Orangeburg has promoted F. Gene McConnell Jr. to executive vice president.
Mr. McConnell will remain the regional president for Orangeburg, Elloree, and Santee at the $2.1 billion-asset unit of SCBT Financial Corp. of Columbia. He has held that job since 2002. Before that he had been a senior vice president and Walterboro city executive since 1996. Earlier he had been a vice president and commerical lender.
He has worked for South Carolina Bank and Trust since 1984.
SOUTHWESTTIB-The Independent BankersBank of Irving, Tex., has promoted Terri Bacot, Joe Collins, Becky Craker, and Henry Harris to senior vice president.
Ms. Bacot will remain the controller, a position she has held when she joined the $1.8 billion-asset bank as a vice president in 2001.
Mr. Collins will remain the production and servicing manager of TIB's mortgage business. He joined the bank in December.
Ms. Craker will remain the human resources manager. She has worked for TIB since 2005.
Mr. Harris will remain the director of the municipal finance business, which he created when he joined the bank in 1998.
Franklin Bank Corp. of Houston has said Andy Black will be the interim chief executive officer for its Franklin Bank until it finds a successor.
He will remain the president and chief operating officer of the $5.9 billion-asset bank. As the interim CEO, he succeeded an executive committee put in place to oversee the daily operations after Anthony Nocella left this year.
Mr. Black has worked for Franklin since 2005.
WESTCitizens Business Bank of Ontario, Calif., has hired James F. Dowd as its executive vice president and chief credit officer.
Mr. Dowd had held the same job and title for Mellon 1st Business Bank of Los Angeles since 1996. Before that he had been the deputy chief credit officer at City National Bank in Beverly Hills, which he joined in 1991.
Citizens Business Bank is a $6.3 billion-asset unit of CVB Financial Corp.
United Western Bank of Denver has hired David Nayor and Chris Nalley as senior business development officers.
Mr. Nayor was a vice president and the national accounts manager for Business Loan Express LLC, a small-business and real estate lender in New York.
Before that he had been an associate trader at CIBC World Markets, a unit of Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
Mr. Nalley was a vice president and development officer of Small Business Administration lending and oversaw conventional and companion loans in a Dallas branch of Magnet Bank of Salt Lake City. Before that he held a similar job at Comerica Bank, where he had worked for eight years.
United Western has $2.1 billion of assets.
