Florida Banking February 2022

PERSONAL TRANSACTIONS

David Mathews , a banking industry veteran with 20 years of experience, was promoted to director of treasury services and senior vice president. Mathews joined MidSouth Bank in 2012 and previously served as commercial loan officer and vice

serving as a personal relationship manager to wealth management clients, placing trades and assisting team members in clients’ investment reviews. She is adept at completing Reg 9 compliance reviews and contributed to the elevation of the overall client experience. Meinen is a graduate of the Cannon Trust School, holds the Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor (CTFA) designation, and holds the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation. She is a member of the Financial Planning Association and the Estate Planning Council of Lee County. ST. PETERSBURG

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president. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration with a major in finance from Troy University. A graduate of Leadership Dothan, Mathews is also a 2020 graduate of the Alabama Bankers Association Bank Executive Leadership program. FORT MYERS

First Home Bank announced that Mike Mulwani has been named senior vice president, director of national production for the Residential Mortgage Division. Mulwani will be responsible for the execution of the division’s sales growth strategy,

Cheryl Nicolai has joined Sanibel Captiva Community Bank as a teller at its McGregor branch. She is responsible for assisting customers with personal and business banking transactions. Nicolai worked in the banking industry in Minnesota for six

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working to achieve goals with respect to mortgage loan production, revenue, customer satisfaction, and more. Mulwani brings nearly 30 years of industry experience to the role. He most recently served as the director of mortgage for a community bank operating in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Arizona, where he was integral in more than doubling the size of the mortgage platform while improving overall efficiencies and execution. He has also worked in partnership with the various bank business lines to launch technology and API connectivity that ensured a stronger user and consumer experience. Mulwani has also served as an industry speaker/panelist, most recently for the Mortgage Bankers Association of Eastern Pennsylvania. First Home Bank has named Asumahu (Asu) Suka vice president, vice president of government guaranteed lending at WSFS Bank in Maryland, where she delivered SBA loan production results totaling more than $15 million annually and was responsible for identifying and soliciting new SBA 7(a) opportunities from referral sources, assembling loan packages and providing SBA and credit training to commercial and business bankers in the region. She is also formally credit trained by JPMorgan Chase, SunTrust Bank, PNC Bank and WSFS Bank. Suka holds a degree in business administration from Montclair State University. She serves on the loan committee for the Suka SBA lending officer. She assumes the role within the bank’s SBA loan division, CreditBench, a nationwide leader in SBA lending. Prior to joining First Home Bank, Suka served as

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years and recently relocated to Southwest Florida. She also has an extensive background in customer service working in the medical and hospitality fields. MIAMI

Ocean Bank announced that Vice President Anamarys Armas-Perez was appointed manager of the West Kendall branch in addition to her ongoing duties at the West Miami branch. She joined Ocean Bank in 2000 and has held positions of

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increasing responsibility, as a personal banking officer, a relationship manager, assistant branch manager and vice president and branch manager. Armas-Perez attended Miami Dade College. S ANIBEL The Sanibel Captiva Trust Company

announced the appointment of Karen Meinen, CFP, CTFA, vice president, client services & trust operations at the company’s Palm Ridge Road office on Sanibel Island. Meinen’s responsibilities

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include serving as a primary point of contact for her clients by managing the daily business of account intake and administration, cash transfers, and generating trust and tax documents among other assignments. She joins the company after an established career at Busey Bank / Investor’s Security Trust Company of Fort Myers, where she held the position of vice president, fiduciary advisor. Meinen managed a $135 million book of business,

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