National Bancshares Corp. in Orrville, Ohio, will promote an insider to replace David Vernon, who plans to retire as president and chief executive at the end of the year.
Mark Witmer will succeed Vernon, 71, on Jan. 1. The $396 million-asset company said that Vernon will remain a director until April 2014 and will serve as a consultant to the board and management.
Witmer, 47, joined the company in July 2010 as the head of agribusiness and community banking, according to a Wednesday press release. Witmer came to the company from Ag Choice Farm Credit, where he had been the chief credit officer at Ag Choice Farm Credit.
The company also said that it had named Myron Filarski, 63, chief operating officer. Filarski joined the company in July 2010 from KeyCorp's Keybank Mortgage, where he had been the president.
Thomas Poe, 57, was named senior loan officer at the company, expanding on a role he already had at the bank level. Poe joined the company in January 2009 from MidCap Business Credit LLC, where he had been a regional sales manager.
