Florida Banking March 2024

THOMAS A. BROUGHTON III

Tom Broughton serves as chairman, president, and chief executive officer of ServisFirst Bank. In 1985, Broughton founded the de novo First Commercial Bank and was named president. When First Commercial Bank was bought by Synovus in 1992, he continued as president and was named chief executive officer. In 2005, Broughton founded ServisFirst Bank raising $35 million in capital; he also founded and organized the foundation of ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc., the bank holding company that holds ServisFirst Bank as its subsidiary. He received a Bachelor of Science in Finance degree from The University of Alabama and a Master of Business Administration from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Broughton was named “Community Banker of the Year” by American Banker in 2009.

RODNEY RUSHING

Rodney Rushing is executive vice president, chief operating officer at ServisFirst Bank in Birmingham. During his 41-year banking career, Rushing has managed correspondent and audit divisions and served as an executive vice president at Compass Bank. While at Compass, he held securities licenses, managing Investment Division Sales and the Correspondent Division. As EVP and COO at ServisFirst Bank, Rushing manages the bank’s Correspondent Banking Division that services over 369 bank relationships in 30 states. The division has more than $2 billion in deposits. Rushing is a past chairman and 2008 president of the Alabama Bankers Association. In addition, he is CFIA and CBA accredited. Rushing attended Auburn University where he received his bachelor’s degree in finance in 1982.

GREGORY BRYANT

Greg Bryant is the CEO – West Central Florida Region for ServisFirst Bank. He is responsible for all banking activities throughout the West, Central, and South parts of the state. Prior to joining ServisFirst in January 2016, Bryant was the president and CEO of Bay Cities Bank for 15 years. After founding Bay Cities in 1999, Bryant grew the bank to $600 million in assets before it was sold on October 1, 2015 for a then-record price. Prior to starting Bay Cities, Bryant held management positions with SouthTrust Bank and GE Capital. Bryant is a past chairman of the Florida Bankers Association and served for 12 years on the Board of Directors of the Independent Bankers’ Bank of Florida. Bryant holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Jacksonville State University; he is also a graduate of the Colorado University Graduate School of Banking. He is active in the CEO Council as well as Leadership Tampa Alumni.

GUILLERMO CHIANG

Guillermo Chiang has over 35 years of banking experience with 20 of those years as a correspondent banker in Florida. Prior to joining ServisFirst Bank, he was with BBVA Compass for 12 years, The Bankers Bank (Silverton) for six years, and The Federal Reserve Bank for six years. He started his banking career at Miami Savings Bank in 1985. Chiang currently serves on the Florida Bankers Association (FBA) BankPac Board and has been a board member of the South Florida Banking Institute (SFBI) since 2003. Chiang received his Bachelors of Business Administration Degree with a double major in Marketing & Management from Florida International University in 1989 and is also a graduate of the FBA’s Florida School of Banking at University of Florida (2006).

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