BancorpSouth Chairman & CEO Aubrey Patterson Named to Board of The Financial Services Roundtable
February 23 2010 - 5:10PM
PR Newswire (US)
TUPELO, Miss., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aubrey Patterson,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BancorpSouth (NYSE:BXS), a
$13.2 billion-asset financial holding company headquartered in
Tupelo, Mississippi, has been named to the Board of Directors of
The Financial Services Roundtable. Patterson joins ten other
banking executives from throughout the nation named to the board.
The Financial Services Roundtable represents 100 of the largest
integrated financial services companies providing banking,
insurance, and investment products and services to the American
consumer. Member companies participate through the Roundtable's CEO
David Bartlett and other senior executives nominated by him.
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., The Financial Services
Roundtable aims to be the premier executive forum for leaders of
the financial services industry. It provides legislative and
regulatory advocacy, enhances the industry's public reputation and
promotes best practices and a strong infrastructure in technology.
Roundtable member companies provide fuel for America's economic
engine, accounting directly for $84.7 trillion in managed assets,
$948 billion in revenue, and 2.3 million jobs. Others joining the
board with Patterson include: John J. Degnan, The Chubb
Corporation; Mark Fetting, Legg Mason, Inc.; Laurence D. Fink,
BlackRock, Inc.; Edmund F. Kelly, Liberty Mutual Group; Kelly S.
King, BB&T Corporation; James E. Rohr, PNC Financial Service
Group, Inc.; J. Michael Shepherd, BancWest Corporation; Frederick
H. Waddell, Northern Trust Corporation; Thomas J. Wilson, Allstate
Corporation; and Larry Zimpleman, the Principal Financial Group.
Patterson's 36 year career with the BancorpSouth includes service
as President and Chief Operating Officer from 1983 to 1990, and as
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from 1990 to the present.
Patterson is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and holds
a Masters Degree from Michigan State University. He has completed
the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin and
is a member of several professional organizations, including Beta
Gamma Sigma and Beta Alpha Psi honoraries. He is a decorated
veteran of the United States Air Force, having received the
National Defense Service Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal,
and the Department of Defense Meritorious Service Medal. He has
served as President of the Mississippi Bankers Association and as
Chairman of the American Bankers Association. He has served as
Chairman of the Board of Directors of numerous local and regional
organizations, including the Tupelo Community Development
Foundation, North Mississippi Health Services, the Mississippi
Economic Council, Mississippi's Partnership for Economic
Development, the University of Mississippi Foundation, CREATE,
Inc., among others. BancorpSouth is a $13.2 billion-asset financial
holding company. The company operates approximately 314 banking and
mortgage locations in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana,
Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. In addition to
providing traditional banking services, credit cards, mortgages,
trust and fiduciary services, the company provides investment
services through its subsidiary BancorpSouth Investment Services,
Inc. and insurance services through its subsidiary BancorpSouth
Insurance Services, Inc. BancorpSouth's common stock is traded on
the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol BXS. A
complete listing of the Roundtable Board of Directors can be found
at http://www.fsround.org/about/board.htm DATASOURCE: BancorpSouth,
Inc. CONTACT: Randy Burchfield, Corporate Marketing,
+1-662-620-4302 Web Site: http://www.bancorpsouth.com/
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