ANNAPOLIS, Md., March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BB&T today said it
has named Brant Standridge as president of its Chesapeake community bank
region based here. He will be responsible for commercial, small business
and retail banking, and work closely with the bank's mortgage and wealth
management areas.
He succeeds David Ritchie, who is retiring after four years as
president of BB&T's Chesapeake Region and 42 years in all in financial
services.
Standridge, 32, joined BB&T in 1998 and has 10 years of banking
experience. He most recently served as BB&T's area executive for Baltimore.
He also has served as a credit analyst in Business Loan Administration; a
business services officer and business banking manager in Charlotte, N.C.;
and a business banking manager and retail banking manager in Washington,
D.C.
"Brant's varied background at BB&T combined with his sales
aggressiveness, energy and enthusiasm make him a perfect fit to lead the
Chesapeake Region," said Mike Oster, BB&T's state president for Maryland.
An Athens, Ga., native, Standridge earned his bachelor's degree in
finance from the University of Georgia. He also is a graduate of the BB&T
Leadership Development Program.
"I'm thrilled to have an opportunity to lead this important community
bank region for BB&T," Standridge said. "I believe in energetic leadership
along with the BB&T model for client-focused service based on complete
financial relationships.
"We offer the personal service and local decision-making of a community
bank backed by the wide range of products and services that the nation's
14th largest financial holding company can provide."
Standridge currently serves on the board of the Independent College
Fund, Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore and the Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation.
BB&T operates 47 financial centers in its Chesapeake Region, which
includes Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne, Anne Arundel, Calvert, Caroline,
Charles, Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, Saint Mary's and Talbot counties.
BB&T divides its footprint into autonomous community bank regions --
each with its own president -- to keep decisions close to the customer.
With $132.6 billion in assets, Winston-Salem, N.C.-based BB&T
Corporation (NYSE: BBT) is the nation's 14th largest financial holding
company. It operates nearly 1,500 financial centers in 11 states and
Washington, D.C. More information about the company is available at
http://www.BBT.com.
SOURCE BB&T Corporation
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CONTACT:
Mike Oster, State President, Maryland
Operations, +1-410-230-1050, Brant Standridge, President,
Chesapeake Region, +1-410-626-2229, Jeff Nichols, Vice President,
Corporate Communications, +1-336-733-1472, all of BB&T
Corporation
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