First Financial in Ohio Splits President's Title at Its Bank

First Financial Bancorp (FFBC) in Cincinnati has retooled the management structure of its bank.

The $6.2 billion disclosed in a regulatory filing Tuesday that it had divided the title of president of First Financial Bank among three executives. Kevin Langford was named president of consumer banking, C. Douglas Lefferson became president of commercial banking and Jill Stanton was named president of mortgage banking.

Claude Davis, the company's president and chief executive, had been the bank's president before the Aug. 20 restructuring. Davis remains the bank's chairman and CEO.

The change was designed to "allow each of the line of business leaders to execute on their plans and strategies and work as a bank management team," the company said in its filing.

First Financial also disclosed the Anthony Stollings, its chief financial officer, had also become its chief administrative officer and will "have the overall responsibility for managing the corporate activities of the company."

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