Succession planning

Scott Custer is set to become chairman of Dogwood State Bank, a proposed North Carolina de novo.

Larry Helling will take over next spring as CEO of the $4.8 billion-asset QCR Holdings, when Douglas Hultquist retires.

Tom Walker will retire at the end of next year. The company is currently considering two internal candidates to take over.

The industry saw some well-known executives step down from their roles or take on new ones during the past month.

Earthmover Credit Union CEO Libby Calderone has been appointed president of the Illinois Credit Union System's CUSO.

Blake Edwards Jr. will take the helm at the parent of Skyline National Bank when J. Allan Funk retires next month.

Anthony DeChellis will succeed Clayton Deutsch at the end of this month.

John Dugan in January will succeed Mike O’Neill, who recently turned 72 and under Citigroup rules may not seek re-election to the board.

Credit unions as an industry face a wave of CEO retirements, but experts say some institutions' succession plans don't stand up to scrutiny.

Koebler, the bank's head of consumer lending, will replace Jerome Lienhard, who is retiring.