Equity Bancshares, Inc. Announces Executive Changes, Effective March 26, 2018
March 21, 2018 at 04:15 pm EDT
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Equity Bancshares, Inc. announced the hire of Craig Anderson, who is being named as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and the hire of Craig Mayo, who is being named as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer. Mr. Anderson will oversee commercial banking divisions in Equity’s metropolitan markets of Kansas City, Tulsa, and Wichita. Anderson will join Equity’s senior leadership team and will help lead the Company’s organic growth, business development, commercial lending and sales strategies. Anderson joins Equity after 31 years in various executive and leadership roles at UMB Bank (UMB) in Kansas City, Missouri, where he most recently served as President of UMB’s Commercial Banking – Eastern Region. He will be based in Wichita, Kansas. Mr. Mayo will oversee Equity’s credit administration and loan operations personnel, processes, and decisions throughout Equity’s four-state footprint encompassing 42 bank locations. Mayo joins Equity after serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer for Investors Community Bank in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. Mayo also will be named to Equity’s senior leadership team and will be based in Wichita.
Mr. Anderson served as President, Commercial Banking – Eastern Region for UMB beginning in 2017, overseeing commercial banking divisions in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Illinois. Anderson managed national specialty lending businesses and developed products and strategies for specialty agribusiness, health care and aviation lines. Mr. Mayo served as Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer for Investors beginning in 2014. Mr. Anderson and Mr. Mayo will begin their roles with Equity Bank on March 26, 2018 in Wichita.
Equity Bancshares, Inc. is a bank holding company for Equity Bank (the Bank). The Bank provides a range of financial services primarily to businesses and business owners as well as individuals through its network of approximately 82 branches located in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. The Bankâs operations involve the delivery of loan and deposit products to its customers. It offers commercial banking products and other services, including lending activities, deposit products, and other products and services. The Bank offers a suite of online banking solutions, including access to account balances, online transfers, online bill payment and electronic delivery of customer statements, mobile banking solutions for iPhone and Android phones, including remote check deposit with mobile bill pay. Its commercial treasury management services include balance reporting, transfers between accounts, wire transfer initiation, automated clearing house (ACH) origination and stop payments.