 |  | William P. Crawford, Jr.
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal & Risk Officer | | William P. Crawford, Jr. joined The South Financial Group in April 2002. He serves as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Risk Officer, primarily responsible for SEC-related matters, governance, financing activities, and enterprise risk management. Mr. Crawford also oversees the Company’s litigation matters, banking and wealth management compliance matters, day-to-day legal activities of the Company, corporate and information security, credit review and internal audit.
From 1989 until 2001, Mr. Crawford was a member of the law firm of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Parham, P.A. where he concentrated in securities, M&A, corporate finance, and venture capital transactions. During this time, he served as the primary counsel for The South Financial Group for its corporate transactions. From 2001 until joining The South Financial Group, Mr. Crawford served as Assistant General Counsel at Bowater Incorporated, a public company headquartered in Greenville, SC., where he was responsible for SEC, corporate finance and governance matters.
Mr. Crawford graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor and masters degree in piano performance and received his law degree from Harvard. He is immediate past Chairman of the Board of the South Carolina Governor’s School of the Arts Foundation and active in the Carolina Youth Symphony. He continues to perform occasional solo and chamber recitals and has released a classical CD entitled Two Octaves Down. | |
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