Hibernia Names Waters to Lead Greater New Orleans Region; Stuart Appointed Baton Rouge City President.Business EditorsNEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2001 Hibernia (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HIB Hib abbr. Haemophilus influenzae type b ) has named 28-year banker S. Kyle Waters as chairman of the company's $3.6-billion-deposit Greater New Orleans Region. Waters was chairman of the South Central Louisiana Region and Baton Rouge city president. Robert M. Stuart, Jr., will succeed Waters as Baton Rouge city president. A new chairman for the South Central Louisiana Region will be named in the near future. Hibernia's community banking markets are organized into eight regions, each headed by a chairman and divided into trade areas whose primary missions are service and sales. The company's small-business division also operates within these regions. This structure flattens the Hibernia organization so decision-making and service are conducted closer to customers. Each appointment is effective immediately. Waters, 49, is a New Orleans native. He replaces Paul J. Bonitatibus, who was promoted last week to chief community banking executive. "Kyle has earned a reputation as one of our best community bankers," said President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. J. Herbert Boydstun. "We're fortunate to have someone with his depth of experience and knowledge to lead this key market." The Greater New Orleans Region is Hibernia's largest, a seven-parish region that includes the New Orleans area and the North Shore. Waters received a bachelor's degree in business management from the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He also graduated from the School of Banking of the South at Louisiana State University Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. and the National Commercial Lending School at the University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a coeducational public research university located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. . Waters joined Hibernia in 1973. As a result of today's announcement, he will relinquish his roles as chairman of the Greater Baton Rouge Chamber of Commerce, secretary of the Baton Rouge Area Foundation Baton Rouge Area Foundation ("The Foundation") is a community foundation dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Louisiana's capital region. Over the past 40 years, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation has responded to the wishes of it's donors, the concerns of it's and board member of the local advisory committee for the Local Initiatives Support Corp. Waters is past chairman of the Woman's Hospital Foundation and has served on the boards of the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge, Capital Area United Way, Sunrise Rotary Club, Junior Achievement, Salvation Army, Crime Stoppers stoppers see stopper pad. and Friends of Louisiana CODE, OF LOUISIANA. In 1822, Peter Derbigny, Edward Livingston, and Moreau Lislet, were selected by the legislature to revise and amend the civil code, and to add to it such laws still in force as were not included therein. Public Broadcasting. Waters received the 2000 "Volunteer Activist" Award from Volunteer Baton Rouge and the 1999 "Community Service Award" from the Baton Rouge branch of the NAACP NAACP in full National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans; W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. , as well as the 1995 "Democracy in Housing" award from the Baton Rouge Association of Real Estate Brokers. Stuart, 44, is a Baton Rouge native with 21 years of banking experience. As Baton Rouge city president, he will direct service, sales and operations for the area, ensuring that all Hibernia operations are responsive to customers, understand customers' needs and provide financial solutions that help them achieve their goals. He also will continue to lead Hibernia's middle-market corporate banking efforts in southcentral and southwest Louisiana, as well as southeast Texas. "Rob is an ideal leader for Baton Rouge, because he knows the area, and its consumers and business people know him," Boydstun said. Stuart joined the company when Fidelity National Bank merged with Hibernia in 1986. He received bachelor's and master's degrees, both in finance, from Louisiana State University. Stuart has served as president of the East Baton Rouge Parish chapter of the American Heart Association American Heart Association (AHA), n.pr a national voluntary health agency that has the goal of increasing public and medical awareness of cardiovascular diseases and stroke, and thereby reducing the number of associated deaths and disabilities. and as a director of the Louisiana Resource Center for Educators, the Istrouma Area Council Boy Scouts and St. James Place, a retirement-living community. Hibernia, a Fortune 1000 company, has $16.7 billion in assets and 263 locations in 34 Louisiana parishes, 16 Texas counties and two Mississippi counties. Hibernia is the leader in Louisiana with 23.3% of deposits and in its Texas market area with 10.7%. Hibernia Corporation's common stock (HIB) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. . News releases, product and service information, and other useful data are available at www.hibernia.com. Requests for information about products and services can be e-mailed to mailus@hibernia.com. |
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