Press Releases

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – Simmons Bank has announced significant promotions for several Arkansas associates, with positions ranging from chief banking officer to Arkansas regional community...

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – Simmons Bank has named Alejandro “Alex” Carriles executive vice president and chief digital officer. Carriles’ responsibilities include direct oversight of...

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – Simmons Bank is pleased to announce Michael Powell as mortgage division president. Powell will oversee all aspects of Simmons’ mortgage process. “Michael’s...

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas – Simmons Bank has named Leslie Parnell senior vice president of treasury management and strategic development. Parnell will have direct oversight of Simmons’ Treasury...

DALLAS-FORT WORTH, Texas – Simmons Bank has named J. Terry Smith of Fort Worth, Texas president for the company’s North Texas Division. Smith will lead key banking functions for the...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Simmons Bank has named Itzel Meador Small Business Administration (SBA) regional manager of sales and business development for its eight-state footprint. Meador’s...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Simmons Bank has named Wes Knight senior vice president and trust manager for its Oklahoma Trust Division. Knight will oversee the Oklahoma Trust Department, including...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Simmons Bank has named Martin Schrodt senior vice president and regional retail manager for Tennessee. Schrodt will oversee retail banking strategy and performance for...

TULSA, Okla. – Simmons Bank has named Rex Horning market president for Tulsa, Oklahoma. Horning will spearhead strategy, talent acquisition, client relationships and product delivery for the...

DALLAS-FORT WORTH, Texas – Following Southwest Bank’s merger with Simmons Bank in February 2018, Simmons has expanded its leadership team in the Dallas-Fort Worth market. The company has named...

WICHITA, Kan. – Bank SNB, a division of Simmons Bank, has promoted Christina “Chris” Hemphill to commercial banker for the Wichita, Kansas market. Hemphill’s promotion follows five years...

AUSTIN, Texas – Stephanie Verdugo has been promoted to senior vice president of commercial banking at Bank SNB, a division of Simmons Bank. Verdugo’s promotion follows three years at Bank SNB,...

DALLAS-FORT WORTH, Texas – Southwest Bank, a division of Simmons Bank, has expanded both its community affairs and commercial banking teams. The bank named Stacy Bowers community affairs officer...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Simmons Bank has named Chad Rawls executive vice president and executive director of credit and loan operations. In this role, Rawls will oversee commercial underwriting,...

AUSTIN, Texas – Bank SNB, a division of Simmons Bank, has named Michael Cullen senior vice president of commercial banking and Spence Maier vice president and senior commercial banker in Austin,...

AUSTIN, Texas – Dan Hodges has been named market president of Bank SNB, a division of Simmons Bank, in Austin, Texas. Hodges’ transition to Bank SNB follows 14 years at Regions Bank, where he...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark– Simmons Bank has named Scott Heady of Kansas City, Missouri director of correspondent banking. Heady will lead the expanded department, delivering services including credit and...

SEARCY, Ark. – Simmons Bank has named Jamie Mobley the commercial banking executive in Searcy, Ark. Mobley’s transition to Simmons follows 17 years of service to the Searcy community at...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Simmons Bank has named Franklin Shirrell of Southlake, Texas chief retail officer. Shirrell’s transition to Simmons follows 22 years at Regions Financial Corporation...

PINE BLUFF, Ark., May 2, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Simmons First National Corporation (NASDAQ-GS: SFNC) announced today that Steve Massanelli has been named investor relations officer. This...

PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Simmons Bank has named Daniel Robinson the new community president in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Robinson previously served as the community president of northeast Arkansas in...

PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Simmons Bank announced today that Matt Reddin has been named president of banking enterprise. Reddin previously served as chief lending officer at Simmons. In this new role,...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Simmons Bank announced the addition of Brandon Cooper as community president for the southwest Tennessee area, encompassing Shelby, Tipton, and Fayette counties. "As a community...

PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Simmons First Insurance Services announced today that Christi Pittman has been named president of employee benefits. In her former role as vice president of wealth...

PINE BLUFF, Ark. – Simmons Bank hosted its third annual Simmons Agri Summit Thursday. Nearly 300 farmers, producers and farm‐related business owners gathered at the White Hall Community Center...

SEARCY, Ark. – Simmons Bank announced the new hire of Monte Elam as a Community Banker in Searcy. Simmons continues to provide excellent service to the area through the work of dedicated...

PINE BLUFF, Ark., Nov. 03, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Simmons First National Corp. (Nasdaq:SFNC) today announced the appointment of Tom Purvis of Fort Worth, TX, and Russell Teubner of Stillwater,...

UNION CITY, Tenn. – Simmons Bank announced the promotion of Matthew Bird to the position of Union City community executive today. Bird previously served the bank as vice president and commercial...

JONESBORO, Ark. – Simmons Bank announced the promotion of Kent Bridger to the position of community president. Bridger has served as community banker at Simmons Bank since 1996. “We are happy...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Bryan Brooks joins Simmons Bank as senior vice president of product development. A telecom industry professional for 19 years, Brooks will be responsible for product...

LITTLE ROCK, AR – Simmons Bank is excited to welcome S. Lee Rush, who will serve as senior vice president and trust officer for the bank’s wealth management group. Rush joins the Simmons Bank...

Pine Bluff, Arkansas – Simmons Bank (“Simmons”) announced today that it was the successful bidder at a public auction of all of the capital stock of Heartland Bank (Little Rock, Arkansas)...

PINE BLUFF, AR – Simmons Bank in Pine Bluff recently added three new staff members. The bank welcomes Mark Dutton of Star City, as well as Russell Barker and Duncan Bellingrath, both of Pine Bluff.

ATHENS, TN – After more than four decades of service to the trust and investment management industry, Mike Bevins is set to retire from Simmons Bank on Monday July 31, 2017. Bevins joined...

PINE BLUFF, Arkansas – Susan S. Lanigan of Nashville, Tenn., has been added to the Simmons First National Corp. (NASDAQ-GS: SFNC) board of directors, it was announced today by George Makris Jr.,...

Kansas City, MO — Kathy Hunter and Scott Heady have joined Simmons Bank as senior vice presidents in the Kansas City market. Both have more than three decades of commercial banking experience....

Alexandra Kosmitis of Pine Bluff, Ark., has joined Simmons Bank as executive project manager. In her new role, Kosmitis will lead and administer various executive and companywide projects....

Springfield, Mo. — Doug Parker has joined Simmons Bank as Springfield market president, effective March 1. “We are proud to have Doug join our southwest Missouri market,” said Gary Metzger,...

Paul D. Kanneman has joined Simmons Bank as executive vice president and chief information officer. Kanneman worked the previous 14 years for the international accounting firm Grant Thornton and...

Danny Chadakhtzian has been named the St. Louis market president for Simmons Bank. Chadakhtzian joined Simmons in 2014 and has been a leading loan producer for the company the past three years....

Springfield, MO — Simmons Bank has promoted one and added two new members to the trust team in its Springfield, Mo. office. Randy Saul, vice president of trust business development, and Dave...

Pine Bluff, Ark. – Jerry M. Hunter of St. Louis, Mo., and Mindy West of El Dorado, Ark., have been added to the Simmons First National Corp. (NASDAQ-GS: SFNC) board of directors, it was...

Patterson will work with customers throughout the Kansas City metropolitan area assisting them with home purchase and refinance needs. Patterson has been in the banking and financial services...