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Southern National Bancorp names EVP, CFO
Southern National Bancorp of Virginia Inc. and its McLean-based Sonabank subsidiary announced Monday that it has hired Matthew A. Switzer as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He succeeds Jeff Karafa, who will now serve as chief accounting officer. Switzer most recently served as managing director with Stephens Inc. “His experience in our industry […]
Touchstone Bankshares names chief lending officer
Prince George-based Touchstone Bankshares Inc. has named C. Sean Link as its chief lending officer. Link has more than 10 years of senior executive banking experience with a focus on commercial banking, most recently as senior vice president of commercial banking at Truist in Richmond. Link also served as senior vice president of commercial banking […]
Trustar Bank announces first acquisition
Great Falls-based Trustar Bank announced its first-ever acquisition Wednesday, taking control of Fairfax-based Granite Mortgage LLC. The acquisition will add Granite Mortgage’s full-service mortgage business line to Trustar’s (founded in 2019) banking services. Granite Mortgage will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Trustar, the first bank to be chartered and opened in Virginia in more [&h[...]
MainStreet Bancshares names business banking division head
Fairfax-based MainStreet Bancshares Inc. (parent company of MainStreet Bank) announced Wednesday that Thomas Cary has been promoted to lead MainStreet Bank’s business banking division. Cary has been with MainStreet Bank as a business banker for 10 years. While earning his bachelor’s degree in finance from George Mason University, he started his banking career as a […]
McLean investment bank names head of security practice
McLean-based middle-market investment bank The McLean Group LLC announced Tuesday that Marc Gruzenski has been named as the head of its security practice. Gruzenski was most recently the director of global security technology and director of information protection for The Walt Disney Co. He has also worked as the chief of intelligence and analysis and […]
