Al Yother Assumes Senior Financial Duties at AmSouth; Beth Mooney Named Vice Chair of KeyCorp.BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- AmSouth Bancorporation AmSouth Bancorporation was a bank holding company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, operated as a subsidiary of Regions Financial Corporation. AmSouth was previously known as First National Bank of Birmingham first organized in 1872. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ASO ASO arteriosclerosis obliterans. ASO 1 Administrative services organization, see there 2 Allele-specific–oligonucleotide hybridization 3 Anti-streptolysin O, see there ) announced today that Alton E. "Al" Yother is assuming the additional duties of chief financial officer on an interim basis. Yother has more than 25 years of banking experience and has served as AmSouth's controller and principal accounting officer since 2004. Prior to joining AmSouth, he served as SouthTrust Corp.'s senior financial officer. "Al has excellent analytical and management skills and has demonstrated a thorough understanding of the company, which will help ensure a smooth transition," said Dowd Ritter rit·ter n. pl. ritter A knight. [German, from Middle High German riter, from Middle Dutch ridder, from r , AmSouth's chairman, president, and chief executive officer. "Having someone with Al's talent, knowledge, and experience who can assume these duties immediately is a concrete example of the strength and depth of our management team." Yother graduated from the University of Alabama The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA or colloquially as 'Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1831, UA is the flagship campus of the University of Alabama System. with a bachelor's degree in finance. He is a member of the board of directors of Hibbett Sporting Goods Hibbett Sporting Goods, Inc. is a subsidiary of Hibbett Sports, Inc., holding company that is publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol HIBB. Hibbett is a full line sporting goods retailer headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama with over 600 locations in approximately 23 states. , Inc., and serves on the Dean's Executive Advisory Board for the Samford University Not to be confused with Stanford University. Samford University is a private, coeducational, Baptist-affiliated university located in Homewood, Alabama, a suburb of Birmingham. As of 2006, Samford ranks number four in the South among master's degree institutions in this year's U. School of Business. Beth Mooney, AmSouth's former chief financial officer, announced today that she has accepted a position as vice chair of KeyCorp and leader of the Ohio corporation's 13-state community banking organization. "I have been privileged to be a part of a great team at AmSouth that has delivered solid performance to shareholders. I'm looking forward to returning to my Midwestern banking roots and taking on this new challenge," Mooney said. Mooney previously worked for Bank One, ultimately as president of Bank One Ohio before joining AmSouth in 2000 to head the company's banking operations in Tennessee and North Louisiana North Louisiana, also known as Sportsman's Paradise, is a region in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The region has two metropolitan areas: Monroe and Shreveport-Bossier City. . "We appreciate Beth's leadership over the past six years and wish her much success in this new position," Ritter said. About AmSouth AmSouth is a regional bank holding company with over $52 billion in assets, more than 680 branch banking offices and more than 1,200 ATMs. AmSouth operates in Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia. AmSouth is a leader among regional banks in the Southeast in several key business segments, including consumer and commercial banking, small business banking, mortgage lending, equipment leasing, and trust and investment management services. AmSouth also offers a complete line of banking products and services at its web site, www.amsouth.com. |
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