LAFAYETTE, La., Aug. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- IBERIABANK
Corporation (NASDAQ: IBKC), the holding company of the 130-year-old
IBERIABANK (www.iberiabank.com), announced today a change in
leadership. Effective today, John R.
Davis, Director of Financial Strategy, Investor Relations,
and Mergers and Acquisitions for IBERIABANK, has resigned from the
Company with his last date of employment scheduled for August 31, 2017. Jefferson G. Parker, who will continue to be
responsible for the capital markets business, will take on Investor
Relations, and Fernando
Perez-Hickman will serve as Director of Corporate Strategy
and be responsible for Mergers and Acquisitions.
Daryl G. Byrd, President and
Chief Executive Officer of IBERIABANK Corporation, commented, "For
18 years, John has made immeasurable contributions to the success
of our Company. He has been instrumental in transforming our
Company from a small Louisiana-based community bank holding company
to the nearly $30 billion regional,
multi-faceted financial holding company it is today. We thank him
for his dedication and extraordinary hard work and wish him all the
best."
John R. Davis said, "I have
thoroughly enjoyed working with Daryl, my teammates, and the
investment community in building a dynamic company through
unprecedented economic and regulatory changes. The IBERIABANK
brand of quality is truly defined by its people. I am confident
that Jeff and Fernando will do a great job and expect this to be a
very smooth transition."
Byrd continued, "Jeff's background, his 16 years of service both
as an outside Director of our Company and as head of our capital
markets and brokerage businesses, position him well to handle
investor relations. Through the recent acquisition of Sabadell
United Bank, Fernando joined our Company and will serve as Director
of Corporate Strategy and lead our mergers and acquisitions
efforts. I am confident that Jeff and Fernando will continue to
leverage the strong relationships John has developed to continue to
grow our Company successfully."
ABOUT FERNANDO
PEREZ-HICKMAN
Fernando Pérez-Hickman was born in Valladolid, Spain. His professional career began in 1991
at McKinsey & Company, a strategic consulting firm, where he
remained for six years. In 1998, he joined Banco Central Hispano
(BCH) as Director of International Private Banking and Chief
Executive Officer of BCH USA,
located in New York. In 1999, after the merger between Banco
Santander and BCH, he joined Banco Santander International in
Miami, Florida, as Managing
Director. In 2002, he became Managing Director of International
Banks for the Santander Private Banking division in Miami.
In 2007, Fernando joined Banco Sabadell as Managing Director of
Sabadell America and Chairman of the Board for Sabadell United
Bank. Since 2007, Sabadell America's business has grown from
$1 billion to $17 billion in business
volume through eight acquisitions and organic growth.
He graduated with honors from the University of Alicante with a
degree in Business, ranking second nation-wide in academic
achievement. Fernando later completed his education at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) Sloan School of Management, where
he graduated with a Master of Science in Management.
As a dedicated philanthropist for charitable organizations in
South Florida, Fernando is a
supporter of Miami Children's Health System, the holding company
for Nicklaus Children's Hospital, which is the only free-standing
pediatric hospital in South
Florida, where he serves as a member of its Board of
Directors. He has also served as a Member of the Board of Directors
and Treasurer for the Miami Children's Health Foundation. Fernando
has been the Chairman of the Spain-US Chamber of Commerce between
2012 and 2014 and a member of the Board of Directors for the
Spain-Florida 500 Years Foundation.
ABOUT JEFFERSON G.
PARKER
Jeff Parker was born in
New Orleans, Louisiana. He has
been affiliated with IBERIABANK since 2001 when he joined the Board
of Directors. As Vice Chairman and Director of Capital Markets and
Investor Relations, he will be responsible for Investor
Relations, corporate business development, and continue to be
responsible for IBERIA Financial
Services, IBERIA Capital Partners,
and IBERIA Civic Impact
Partners.
Prior to joining IBERIABANK, Jeff was President of Howard Weil, Inc., a New Orleans-based equity research, investment
banking, and trading firm, where he served in a number of roles for
33 years.
He served on the FINRA District No. 5 Business Conduct
Committee, serving as Chairman from 2007 – 2009. He is a licensed
General Securities Representative (Series 7), General Securities
Sales Supervisor (Series 8), General Securities Principal (Series
24), Registered Options Security Futures Principal (Series 4),
Financial and Operations Principal (Series 27), Equity Trader
Limited Representative (Series 55), Investment Banking Principal
(Series 79), and Securities Agent (Series 63). He has been a member
of the Securities Trade Association, Dallas Securities Dealers
Association, and Louisiana Traders Association.
Jeff attended the University of
Virginia and graduated from the University of New Orleans with a B.S. in
Finance.
His civic involvement includes a seat on the Board of Directors
of Ochsner Health System, where he chairs the Audit and Oversight
Committee. Jeff currently serves on the Executive Advisory Board of
the Tulane Energy Institute and on the Board of Directors of
Louisiana Oil and Gas Association. He formerly served on the New
Orleans Business Council, was President of the Board of Trustees of
Trinity Episcopal School in
New Orleans, on the Board of
Trustees for the Blue Ridge School in Virginia, and was an Exchange Official of the
American Stock Exchange.
IBERIABANK Corporation
IBERIABANK Corporation is a financial holding company with 335
combined offices, including 228 bank branch offices and one loan
production office in Louisiana,
Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Texas, Florida, Georgia, and South
Carolina, 24 title insurance offices in Arkansas and Louisiana, and mortgage representatives in 68
locations in 10 states. The Company has 13 locations with
representatives of IBERIA Wealth
Advisors in four states, and one IBERIA Capital Partners, L.L.C. office in
New Orleans.
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