Aquesta Financial Holdings, Inc. announced the election of Alison Smith as its newly Board of Directors member effective January 1, 2018. Alison has over thirty-five years experience in the financial services industry. She has worked as an investment and international banker in both London and the United States. She has served on several bank holding company boards – including most recently ASB Bancorp Parent to Ashville Savings Bank and Yadkin Financial Corp. Parent to Yadkin Bank. There she served on Audit, Asset and Liability, and Strategic Planning Committees.