Union Bankshares Corporation Appoints F. Blair Wimbush to Board of Directors
June 25 2018 - 9:49AM
Union Bankshares Corporation (“Union”) today announced that F.
Blair Wimbush has been appointed to the Company’s Board of
Directors, effective June 21, 2018.
“We are pleased to welcome Blair as the newest member to our
board,” said Raymond D. Smoot Jr., chairman of the board for Union
Bankshares Corporation. “Given Blair’s strong connections to the
Norfolk region and diverse background in sustainability, real
estate and law he will be a valuable leader to both the board and
management and we look forward to his contributions.”
Wimbush is a retired corporate executive and lawyer with more
than 30 years of experience of increasing responsibility with a
Fortune 300 transportation company. Serving as Norfolk Southern’s
Chief Real Estate and Corporate Sustainability Officer from 2007 –
2015, Wimbush created, developed and led the railroad industry’s
first sustainability program while simultaneously managing a
business unit responsible for real estate holdings.
Wimbush received a B.A. in political science from the University
of Rochester, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia
School of Law. In addition, Wimbush attended the Norfolk Southern
Management Development program, Duke University Fuqua School of
Business and completed the Advanced Management Program at the
Harvard Business School.
Currently, Wimbush is the chairman of the board at the
University of Virginia Law School Foundation, commissioner of the
Virginia Port Authority and secretary at Children’s Hospital of the
King’s Daughters.
Wimbush will serve as a Class I Director and stand for
reelection to the board at the next annual shareholders
meeting.
ABOUT UNION BANKSHARES CORPORATIONHeadquartered
in Richmond, Virginia, Union Bankshares Corporation (NASDAQ:UBSH)
is the holding company for Union Bank & Trust, which has 147
branches, 7 of which are operated as Xenith Bank, a division of
Union Bank & Trust of Richmond, Virginia, and approximately 216
ATMs located throughout Virginia and in portions of Maryland and
North Carolina. Union Bank & Trust also operates Shore
Premier Finance, a specialty marine lender. Non-bank
affiliates of the holding company include: Old Dominion Capital
Management, Inc. and Dixon, Hubard, Feinour, & Brown, Inc.,
which both provide investment advisory services, and Union
Insurance Group, LLC, which offers various lines of insurance
products.
Contact: Investors: Bill
Cimino (804) 448.0937, VP and Director of Investor RelationsMedia:
Beth Shivak, (804) 327.5746, VP and Director of Corporate
Communications
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