Naomi Snyder
Editor-in-Chief
Handling the Risk of M&A
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Naomi Snyder
Editor-in-Chief
Editor-in-Chief Naomi Snyder is in charge of the editorial coverage at Bank Director. She oversees the magazine and the editorial team’s efforts on the Bank Director website, newsletter and special projects. She has more than two decades of experience in business journalism and spent 15 years as a newspaper reporter. She has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan.
Atlanta-based State Bank Financial Corp. is fairly unique in that it uses a corporate psychologist who helps the bank assess the personalities that are the right fit for State Bank. Steven Deaton, the executive vice president and enterprise risk officer of State Bank, talks with Bank Director digital magazine’s Naomi Snyder about how the bank approaches due diligence and the risk of M&A.
He describes:
- the importance of assessing culture in the organization you acquire
- how the bank uses a corporate psychologist
- the bank’s approach to M&A strategy
This article first appeared in the Bank Director digital magazine.
WRITTEN BY
Naomi Snyder
Editor-in-Chief
Editor-in-Chief Naomi Snyder is in charge of the editorial coverage at Bank Director. She oversees the magazine and the editorial team’s efforts on the Bank Director website, newsletter and special projects. She has more than two decades of experience in business journalism and spent 15 years as a newspaper reporter. She has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan.