South Plains Financial, Inc. Announces Executive Changes
September 18, 2019 at 09:10 pm
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South Plains Financial, Inc. announced the resignation of Kevin Bass, Chief Credit Officer, effective September 16, 2019. Mr. Bass is leaving the Company to pursue a career within the energy sector as Chief Executive Officer of a Texas-based business. In the interim, Robert ‘Bob’ Kotarski is a very talented executive who, with help from Scott Blount, will handle Kevin’s responsibilities. Kotarski, current market President for City Bank in El Paso, will serve as Interim Chief Credit Officer of City Bank effective immediately. Mr. Kotarski previously served as Credit Risk Officer in El Paso and Southern New Mexico for Bank of America prior to joining the City Bank team. In addition, Scott Blount has been promoted to Chief Credit Policy and Administration Officer. Before joining City Bank, Mr. Blount was an FDIC examiner for ten years and has been actively involved within the Company’s Credit Administration for over a decade.
South Plains Financial, Inc. is the bank holding company for City Bank (the Bank). The Bank is an independent bank in West Texas and has additional banking operations in the Dallas, El Paso, Greater Houston, the Permian Basin, and College Station, Texas markets, and the Ruidoso, New Mexico market. The Bank provides a range of commercial and consumer financial services to small and medium-sized businesses and individuals in its market areas. The Banks principal business activities include commercial and retail banking, along with investment, trust, and mortgage services. The Bank is primarily involved in real estate, commercial, agricultural and consumer lending activities with customers throughout Texas and Eastern New Mexico. The Bank operates about 25 full-service banking locations across seven geographic markets. The Bank also operates about eight loan production offices both in its banking markets and in certain key areas in Texas that focus on mortgage loan origination.
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