Bank M&A
02/26/2015

2015 L. William Seidman CEO Panel


During Bank Director’s 2015 Acquire or Be Acquired conference in January, a panel of four community bank CEOs, all of whom are publicly traded, above $5 billion in asset size and are active acquirers discuss their different strategies for the future with our president, Al Dominick. This session is named after the former FDIC Chairman and Bank Director’s Publisher, the late L. William Seidman, who was a huge advocate of a strong and healthy community bank system.

Video length: 46 minutes

About the speakers

David Brooks – Chairman & CEO at Independent Bank Group
David Brooks is chairman and CEO of McKinney-headquartered Independent Bank Group, which currently operates 35 Independent Bank locations spanning across Texas. He has been active in community banking since the early 1980s and founded this company in 1988.

Daryl Byrd – President & CEO at IBERIABANK Corporation
Daryl Byrd is president and CEO of IBERIABANK Corporation. He serves on the boards of directors for both IBERIABANK Corporation and IBERIABANK, where he joined in 1999. Headquartered in Lafayette, LA, IBERIABANK is the 126-year-old subsidiary of IBERIABANK Corporation operating 187 branch offices throughout Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Texas and Tennessee. With $15.5 billion in assets (as of October 31, 2014) and over 2,700 associates, IBERIABANK Corporation is the largest and oldest bank holding company headquartered in Louisiana.

Ed Garding – President & CEO at First Interstate BancSystem, Inc.
Ed Garding is president and CEO of First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. He has been chief executive officer of First Interstate BancSystem since April 2012, chief operating officer from August 2010 and served as an executive vice president since January 2004. Mr. Garding served as First Interstate’s chief credit officer from 1999 to August 2010, senior vice president from 1996 through 2003, president of First Interstate Bank from 1998 to 2001 and president of the Sheridan branch of First Interstate Bank from 1988 to 1996. In addition, Mr. Garding has served as a director of First Interstate Bank since 1998.

Mark Grescovich – President & CEO at Banner Corporation
Mark Grescovich is president and CEO at Banner Corporation. He joined Banner in April 2010 as president and became CEO in August 2010 following an extensive banking career specializing in finance, credit administration and risk management. Under his leadership, Banner has executed an extremely successful turnaround plan involving credit stabilization, improved risk management, a secondary public offering and other capital raising activities and a return to profitability based on net interest margin improvements.

Bank Director Staff Writer