Ty Warren has been promoted to president of BancorpSouth Bank’s northwest region, headquartered in Little Rock, which includes the states of Arkansas and Missouri. Warren previously served as president of BancorpSouth’s north-central Arkansas division and as president of the Little Rock market. In his new role, Warren has regional management responsibilities for 45 bank branches in 30 Arkansas cities and communities and for seven Missouri locations in the Springfield and St. Louis metropolitan areas.
Joe Williams has been promoted to president of BancorpSouth’s northeast Arkansas division. A 40-year veteran of the banking industry, Williams previously served as president of BancorpSouth’s Jonesboro market. He is now responsible for 17 branches in Jonesboro, Pocahontas, Melbourne, Paragould, Osceola and Stuttgart.
Chris Locke has been promoted to resident of BancorpSouth’s Little Rock market, where he had been executive vice president and head of lending. He is now managing five branch locations.
Robert “Robi” McDonald, formerly a market president for Centennial Bank, has joined Bank of the Ozarks’ commercial lending team in Little Rock as a senior vice president.
Natalie Hairston, formerly with Arvest Bank, has been hired as a vice president, and Eric Merriman has been promoted to vice president. Merriman joined Bank of the Ozarks in 2005 and has served in loan administration, special assets and loan collections.
Tom Nelson recently joined One Bank & Trust of Little Rock as senior vice president and commercial lending officer. Nelson, who has more than 25 years of banking experience, works at the bank’s Rodney Parham location.
Vickie Crisenbery has been promoted to consumer and mortgage lender at Arvest Bank in Flippin. Crisenbery, a native of Flippin, began her career with Arvest as a loan assistant in 2003.
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