Succession planning

First Republic Bank in San Francisco has promoted Jason Bender to chief operating officer.

The $641 million-asset mutual thrift promoted Scott Cote to chairman, according to a Friday news release.

First National Bank of Orwell in Vermont has named Bryan Young chief executive. Young, 38, will succeed his father, Mark Young, as CEO of the $56.1 million-asset bank beginning Jan. 1.

The $364 million-asset company named Steve Rownd to the positions, effective Jan. 1. Rownd will also be named president and CEO of FNB Bank.

U.S. Century Bank in Doral, Fla., has announced that its chief executive, Carlos Davila, will resign at the end of the year.

The $8.6 billion-asset company said in a press release Wednesday that James Scott will become chairman on Jan. 21.

Charles Cook will retire next year as chairman of Truxton Corp. in Nashville, Tenn.

Wells Fargo has promoted Tim Sloan to president and chief operating officer, a move that likely puts him on a short list of candidates to succeed John Stumpf as chief executive.

City Holding in Charleston, W.Va., will be looking to name a new chairman, after Philip McLaughlin said he will resign at the end of the year.

The $610 million-asset company named Tim Schools president and CEO of both the holding company and Highlands Union Bank, pending regulatory approval.

Centrue Financial in Ottawa, Ill., has named a new chairman, after its longtime chairman resigned for health reasons.

Boston Private Financial Holdings' president, Mark Thompson, has announced plans to retire at the end of the year.

EnerBank USA in Salt Lake City has chosen Charlie Knadler to succeed Louise Kelly as president and chief executive after her retirement next month.

The chief executive of First Capital Bancorp in Glen Allen, Va., plans to resign, about a month after the company agreed to sell itself.

First Banks in Clayton, Mo., has announced that Chairman James Dierberg's son will succeed him, marking the fourth generation of the Dierberg family to lead the company.

Claremont Savings Bank in New Hampshire has found a successor to Chief Executive Sherwood Moody.

MasterCard has appointed Craig Vosburg to president of North America markets.

Flushing Financial in Uniondale, N.Y., has promoted newly hired executive Susan Cullen to chief financial officer.

Wells Fargo is ready to recruit more than 200 brokers from Credit Suisse's U.S. private banking unit set to close early next year, with the Swiss bank's blessing.

Webster Financial in Waterbury, Conn., has promoted its head of commercial banking to president of Webster Bank and its holding company.