Executive Management Team |
H. Lynn Harton
President & CEO H. Lynn Harton
President & CEO
H. Lynn Harton has served as President and CEO of The South Financial Group since February
2009. He also serves as a Board member for The South Financial Group.
Mr. Harton joined The South Financial Group in January 2007 as Executive Vice President,
Chief Risk and Credit Officer. In June 2008, he became the Chief Commercial Banking Officer
with responsibility for state and market presidents, commercial banking, commercial real estate,
corporate banking, credit, and corporate financial ... |
| | Richard W. Bradshaw
Executive Vice President, Director of Corporate Financial Services Richard W. Bradshaw
Executive Vice President, Director of Corporate Financial Services
Richard W. Bradshaw joined The South Financial Group in August 2009 as Executive Vice
President, Director of Small Business Administration (SBA) Lending to establish and manage a
new SBA Division to attract and deepen the relationships with small businesses and commercial
customers. In January 2010, he was named Director of Corporate Financial Services with
responsibility for SBA lending, mortgage, and insurance services.
Mr. Bradshaw joined The South Financial Group with mo... |
| | Tanya A. Butts
Executive Vice President, Chief Operations & Technology Officer Tanya A. Butts
Executive Vice President, Chief Operations & Technology Officer
Tanya A. Butts currently serves as Chief Operations and Technology Officer and is responsible for the day-to-day technology and operations functions that support the bank branches of Carolina First (located in South Carolina and North Carolina) and Mercantile Bank (located in Florida). These activities include Application Services, Bank Secrecy Act Services, Branch Administration, Data Services, Loan Operations, the Technology Project Management Office, and Transaction Services.
Prior to j... |
| | William P. Crawford, Jr.
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal & Risk Officer 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 198... |
| | J. Ernesto “Ernie” Diaz
President, Mercantile J. Ernesto “Ernie” Diaz
President, Mercantile
Ernie Diaz joined Mercantile Bank in September 2007 serving as Market President in South Florida, which includes Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach. In December 2008, he became President for the Florida banking markets (operated as Mercantile Bank).
Prior to joining Mercantile Bank, Mr. Diaz worked at Regions Bank for 7 years and most recently served as the Middle Market Executive for Southeast Florida, a segment concentrated on middle market C&I companies. Previously, Mr. Diaz led Regions ... |
| | Robert A. Edwards
Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer Robert A. Edwards
Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer
Robert A. Edwards joined The South Financial Group in April 2007 as Executive Vice President, Senior Credit Administrator. In June 2008, he became the Chief Risk Officer with responsibility for credit policy, credit review, enterprise risk, risk reporting and analytics, and special assets. In December 2008, he became the Chief Credit Officer responsible for credit risk management policies and processes.
Prior to joining The South Financial Group, Mr. Edwards spent 20 years serving in a var... |
| | Christopher S. Gompper
Executive Vice President, Director of Bank Strategy and Business Segment Performance Christopher S. Gompper
Executive Vice President, Director of Bank Strategy and Business Segment Performance
Christopher S. Gompper joined The South Financial Group in June 2005 and is responsible for bank strategy and performance of Commercial, Retail and Private banking, including marketing and branch administration functions. Additionally, Mr. Gompper manages our corporate level business units for treasury and merchant services, international, brokerage, and trust.
Mr. Gompper has held senior management positions with a variety banking companies including AmSouth, Wells Fargo and JP Morg... |
| | James R. Gordon
Sr. Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer James R. Gordon
Sr. Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
James R. Gordon joined The South Financial Group in March 2007 as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Gordon is responsible for accounting, finance, investor relations, management reporting, procurement, technology and operations, and treasury.
Mr. Gordon joined The South Financial Group from HORNE LLP where he served as the Director of the Firm’s Assurance, SEC and Financial Institution practices since 2004. Prior to joining HORNE, Mr. Gordon served as Chief Accounting Officer for Nationa... |
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