FAIRMONT, W.Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
MVB Bank, Inc., today announced the appointment of Steve Braden as
Executive Vice President, Chief Retail Banking Officer. Braden has more
than 27 years of banking leadership experience focused on clients,
business line results, operational excellence and commitment to building
strong communities.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here:
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180515006526/en/
Steve Braden, MVB Bank, Inc. Executive Vice President, Chief Retail Banking Officer (Photo: Business Wire)
“We are truly excited to welcome Steve Braden to the MVB family to lead
our ongoing efforts for retail banking modernization,” said Larry F.
Mazza, President and CEO, MVB Financial Corp. “Steve brings with him a
wealth of experience in retail banking, including providing strategic
direction for new community banks in China.”
In his new role with MVB, Braden will provide high level leadership,
oversight and guidance in all areas of retail banking, including small
business and consumer lending. His responsibilities include developing
and managing the retail banking budget, ensuring the ongoing development
and consistent implementation of MVB’s retail banking strategy to
provide outstanding banking products and services to every client and
business that MVB serves.
“I am thrilled to join the MVB Bank family and be part of an
organization with a strong company culture, exceptional leadership and
solid core values,” Braden said. “Additionally, I look forward to
contributing to the continued success that MVB Bank has enjoyed and to
build a world-class retail banking organization.”
Braden joins MVB from Heartland Financial USA, Inc. in Dubuque, Iowa,
where he has served for almost two years as Executive Vice President,
Head of Retail Banking. Prior to this, Braden spent three years as
Executive Director Community Banking & Senior Consultant for Strategic
Direction with Ningbo Donghai Bank in Zhejiang Province, Ningbo, China.
In this position, he led the full development of the new community bank
division from design and site selection to final construction. As part
of his leadership, he established service quality standards, recruited
team members, deployed the latest banking technology and built a strong
brand through new marketing and promotions such as unique branch events.
His contributions also included attention to team building, education
and recognition programs.
Braden’s distinguished career in the banking industry began with
assistant branch manager, branch manager and district sales manager
posts in Colorado. From there, Braden moved to the Pacific Northwest
where he served as Senior Vice President, District Manager, for US Bank
in Eugene, Ore., and next in Seattle. In 2003, he joined Umpqua Bank in
Oregon as Senior Vice President, Region Manager, where he was
responsible for the overall market share growth for the Southern Oregon
and Northern California markets. In 2010, he became Executive Vice
President, Regional Executive, for Umpqua in Portland as the leader of
the greater Portland, Willamette Valley, Vancouver and Bend markets. In
that role, he implemented innovative revenue strategies, expense savings
and a more effective sale strategy culture to become the leader of
Umpqua’s top performing region.
Braden served as keynote speaker for China Grand Enterprises Branding
Conference in 2014 and two years as guest lecturer for the University of
Nottingham’s School of Business. He received the Camellia Award
presented by the Ningbo Municipal Government’s Foreign Affairs Office in
recognition of individuals who contributed to the economic and social
development of the city promoting communication and cooperation. He also
received the Outstanding Foreign Expert award presented by Ningbo
Municipal Government’s Foreign Affairs Office. Throughout his career,
Braden has been active in local community service.
MVB Bank, Inc., is a strong community bank with more than $1.5 billion
in total assets headquartered in Fairmont, W.Va. The MVB Bank footprint
now encompasses 14 total locations - 12 in West Virginia and two in
Northern Virginia. For more information about MVB, please visit www.mvbbanking.com.
About MVB Financial Corp.
MVB Financial Corp. (“MVB Financial” or “MVB”), the holding company of
MVB Bank, is publicly traded on The Nasdaq Capital Market® under the
ticker “MVBF.”
MVB is a financial holding company headquartered in Fairmont, W.Va.
Through its subsidiary, MVB Bank, Inc., and the bank’s subsidiary, MVB
Mortgage, the company provides financial services to individuals and
corporate clients in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Nasdaq is a leading global provider of trading, clearing, exchange
technology, listing, information and public company services.
For more information about MVB, please visit ir.mvbbanking.com.
Forward-looking Statements
MVB Financial Corp. has made forward-looking statements, within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
in this Press Release. These forward-looking statements are based on
current expectations about the future and subject to risks and
uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include information concerning
possible or assumed future results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries. When words such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates,"
"may," or similar expressions occur in this Press Release, the Company
is making forward-looking statements. Note that many factors could
affect the future financial results of the Company and its subsidiaries,
both individually and collectively, and could cause those results to
differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements
contained in this Press Release. Those factors include, but are not
limited to: credit risk, changes in market interest rates, inability to
achieve merger-related synergies, competition, economic downturn or
recession, and government regulation and supervision. Additional factors
that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those
described in our forward-looking statements can be found in the
Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2017, as well as its other filings with the SEC, which are available on
the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statements.
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180515006526/en/
MVB Bank, Inc.
Amy Baker, 844-682-2265
VP, Corporate
Communications
abaker@mvbbanking.com
Source: MVB Bank, Inc.