RICHMOND, Va., March 2, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Essex Bank,
the banking subsidiary of Community Bankers Trust Corporation
(NASDAQ: ESXB), announced today that the Bank has hired
Stanley B. Jones, Jr. as its new
Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer. The Bank
also announced that it has hired Mary B.
Randolph as Senior Vice President and Senior Credit
Administrator, a newly created position.
Mr. Jones has 35 years of retail and commercial banking
experience, including work in the consumer banking, professional
and executive banking and private wealth management areas for
various community banks, regional banks and large commercial banks
in the Bank's market areas. Most recently, he was the
Division/Geographic Credit Risk Manager in the Private Wealth
Management line in the Medical Specialty Group of SunTrust Bank
(now known as Truist Bank). Mr. Jones spent the last 17 years
with SunTrust in roles of increasing responsibility for
underwriting standards and credit decisions.
Ms. Randolph returns to the Bank after serving as Director of
Loan Operations and Processing for six years at Xenith Bank (now
part of Atlantic Union Bank) and as Director of Loan Documentation
and Administration for the past four years at C&F Bank.
She will oversee similar responsibilities with the Bank. Ms.
Randolph has 38 years of banking experience at various financial
institutions in the Richmond
area.
Rex L. Smith, III, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Community Bankers Trust Corporation and
Essex Bank, stated, "We are excited to add two well-known and
respected names in Mid-Atlantic banking to the Essex team. They bring a tremendous
amount of knowledge and experience with almost 75 years of banking
between them. They will help us continue our mission of
maintaining strong credit quality through robust credit analytics
and reporting and add a new perspective to all our processes.
In joining us, we appreciate their recognition of the Bank's
position in its markets and its credit culture and high standards
for safety and soundness."
About Community Bankers Trust Corporation and Essex Bank
Community Bankers Trust Corporation is the holding company for
Essex Bank, a Virginia state bank
with 24 full-service offices, 18 of which are in Virginia and six of which are in
Maryland. The Bank also operates two loan production
offices.
Additional information on the Bank is available on the Bank's
website at www.essexbank.com. For information on Community
Bankers Trust Corporation, please visit its website at
www.cbtrustcorp.com.
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