COLUMBIA - The Citizens Bank President and Chief Operating Officer H. Blake Gibbons Jr. starts Tuesday a one-year term as chairman of the S.C. Bankers Association.
Gibbons was elected to the position at the association's annual meeting last week, according to a release. He has been with Citizens, based in Olanta, since 1979, and was named its president and COO in 1991. During his tenure, the Citizens Bank has grown from a two-branch, $15 million operation to a 15-branch, $390 million one.
"I'm honored to be chosen for this position," Gibbons said in a release. "I believe it's a credit to our association that the SCBA is willing to select chairmen from small banks as well as big banks. Choosing a chairman from towns such as Olanta speaks highly of the SCBA and its desire to serve all the banks of our state."
