Colony Bankcorp, Inc. Appoints Leonard H. Bateman, Jr. as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer
May 15, 2020 at 12:00 pm
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Colony Bankcorp, Inc. announced that Leonard H. Bateman, Jr. has been named Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of the Company, effective June 1, 2020. Bateman joined Colony Bank as Senior Vice President and Senior Credit Officer through the merger of Colony Bank and Calumet Bank in May 2019. Bateman served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Calumet Bank from 2012 until the merger, having joined Calumet Bank as Senior Vice President, Chief Lending Officer and one of the founding officers of Calumet Bank in 2007. Bateman’s banking experience spans nearly 25 years in various positions of increasing responsibility with banks throughout Georgia, including serving as Director of Risk Management Builders Finance for RBC Centura, Senior Vice President and Senior Credit Officer, Community Banking for Flag Bank and beginning his career as Credit Manager, Factoring Department at SunTrust Bank. Bateman is a past board member of the Community Bankers Association and the Community Bankers Committee of the Georgia Bankers Association. Additionally, he has held past positions on the board of the Troup/Chambers County Habitat for Humanity serving as both Treasurer and Chairman and has served on the West Georgia Medical Center Foundation committee.
Colony Bankcorp, Inc. is a financial service and a bank holding company. The Companyâs business is conducted through its bank subsidiary, Colony Bank (the Bank), a Georgia state-chartered commercial bank. The Bank provides a range of banking services to its retail and commercial customers. The Company operates through three segments: Banking Division, Retail Mortgage Division and Small Business Specialty Lending Division. The Banking Division delivers full service financial services, including commercial loans, consumer loans and deposit accounts. The Retail Mortgage Division offers services for one-to-four family residential mortgage loans. The Small Business Specialty Lending Division offers small business administration and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) government guaranteed loans. Its product line includes loans to small and medium-sized businesses, residential and commercial construction and land development loans, commercial real estate loans and others.