C-suite

Small lenders across the country, including Forte Bank in Wisconsin, promoted and recruited chief executives in recent weeks.

The Connecticut bank said its newly minted president, Steven Sugarman, successfully led a private placement and signed a long-term employment agreement that makes him a potential CEO. David Lowery, current chief executive of Patriot, plans to step down in April.

Small lenders across the country filled leadership positions, including Orrstown Financial Services and QCR Holdings.

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Lenders across the country promoted from within to fill top executive roles, including First International Bank & Trust in Watford City, North Dakota.

Jamie Dimon and Brian Moynihan are among the eight chief executives whose blunt, pithy or pugnacious turns of phrase made the year more colorful.

A close result was complicated by an hour-long adjournment of the New York-based company's annual meeting that angered dissident investors and left them mulling legal action.

Several companies filled leadership posts throughout the country, including Clarion County Community Bank's hiring of Travis Heiser to become its CEO.

New executives were lined up for lenders across the country, including Fremont Bank in California.

New top executives were lined up for lenders across the West and Midwest, including Bank of North Dakota.