ATLANTA: State Bank & Trust Company (TC) declared Remer Y. Brinson III, has been named president, responsible for all commercial and retail banking functions in Atlanta, Middle Georgia and Augusta, reporting to State Bank & Trust CEO J. Thomas Wiley Jr.
Brinson was president, CEO and director of Augusta-based Georgia-Carolina Bancshares, Inc. and its subsidiary, First Bank of Georgia, which was acquired by State Bank Financial Corp.
The holding company for State & Trust, on January 1, 2015. First Bank of Georgia’s charter was recently converted and reopened as State Bank & Trust on July 27. With the conversion complete, State Bank & Trust now operates 26 banking offices in Metro Atlanta, Middle Georgia and Augusta, as well as five mortgage origination offices in the Atlanta, Augusta and Savannah, Georgia markets.
As president, Brinson will have responsibilities in all three markets for State Bank’s commercial, retail and private banking operations.
