BPOP - Leadership updates

BATON ROUGE, La., April 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Business First Bancshares Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST), the holding company for b1BANK, has announced the appointment of Alejandro M. Sanchez to the Business First Bancshares, Inc. Board of Directors and b1BANK Board of Directors, effective March 27, 2025. Sanchez is the president and CEO of Salva Financial Group of Florida, a consulting group advising financial institutions on strategic planning, regulatory compliance and crisis management. He also serves as an executive advisor to Nasdaq and holds board positions with Popular, Inc. (NASDAQ:BPOP), the holding company for Popular Bank and Republic Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:RBCAA), the holding company

Popular, Inc. ("Popular" or the "Corporation") (NASDAQ:BPOP) announced today that Ignacio Alvarez will retire effective June 30, 2025 after serving as Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") since 2017. He will be succeeded by Javier D. Ferrer, currently President and Chief Operating Officer ("COO"). Richard L. Carrión, Chairman of Popular's Board of Directors, said, "The Board would like to thank Ignacio for his important contributions over the past 15 years. He joined Popular in 2010, when I was CEO, at a very challenging time for our organization and the financial industry. His counsel and support were invaluable and his highly strategic and collaborative approach quickly set him apart as a gr

Popular, Inc. (NASDAQ:BPOP) announced today that its Board of Directors appointed Javier D. Ferrer as President of Popular, Inc., in addition to his current role as Chief Operating Officer ("COO"), continuing to report directly to Ignacio Alvarez, Popular's Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"). Ferrer was also named President of Popular, Inc.'s two banking subsidiaries, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico and Popular Bank. These appointments were effective May 9, 2024. Ferrer has been with Popular since 2014, serving as Executive Vice President and COO since 2022 and previously as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel. He has also overseen the company's strategic planning

Popular, Inc. ("Popular" or the "Corporation") (NASDAQ:BPOP) announced today that Carlos J. Vázquez will retire effective March 31, 2024 after serving as Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") since 2013, and in other senior leadership positions since joining Popular in 1997. He will be succeeded by Jorge J. García, currently Corporate Comptroller and Chief Accounting Officer. "Carlos has been an important contributor to our financial success," said President and Chief Executive Officer Ignacio Alvarez. "On behalf of everyone at Popular, I would like to express our appreciation for Carlos' more than 25 years of service, from his steady leadership during times of economic challenges through to ou

ELLICOTT CITY, Md., Oct. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huntress, the managed security platform for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) and the managed service providers that support them, today announced that industry veteran Myrna Soto, who has more than three decades of experience in corporate leadership and cybersecurity, has been elected to Huntress' Board of Directors. Soto brings information technology and security experience and distinction, leading and advising cybersecurity best practices to global businesses and their consumers. Soto is the former Global CISO at Comcast Corp., Chief Strategy and Trust Officer at Forcepoint, COO at an award-winning managed security services prov

General Mills (NYSE:GIS) today announced the election of C. Kim Goodwin to its board of directors effective June 27, 2022. Goodwin is an experienced financial services professional and seasoned business leader. With her extensive background as a leader at global investment institutions, as well as her years of service as a public company director, she will offer valuable expertise and investor perspectives in the areas of finance and capital markets, shareholder value creation, strategic planning, and global leadership. In addition, Goodwin's role as a board member for The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TJX) provides her with important perspectives on marketing and consumer insights that are hi

Popular Bank, a subsidiary of Popular, Inc. (NASDAQ:BPOP) announced the appointment of Bertha Rozier as SVP of Retail Banking and US Transformation. In this role, Ms. Rozier will continue to grow the Bank's retail business, leveraging her experience leading multi-disciplinary business units and her expertise in marketing, product and customer experience. She will be based in New York, reporting to Popular Bank's Chief Operating Officer Manuel Chinea, and will join the Bank's senior management team. Ms. Rozier brings more than 30 years of financial industry experience to Popular Bank. She spent the last 21 years at HSBC, where she held roles of increasing responsibility with a focus on weal

Popular Bank, a subsidiary of Popular, Inc. (NASDAQ:BPOP) announced the appointment of Adam E. Dejak as National Director of Residential Lending for Popular Mortgage. Mr. Dejak will oversee the bank's residential mortgage business and will be responsible for driving growth and development of the entire program, cultivating talent and continuing to expand the lending product suite. He will be based in New York. Mr. Dejak brings more than 20 years of financial services experience, most recently as Director of Residential Mortgage Lending at Sterling National Bank, where he led business development, third party originations and capital markets loan acquisition. His expertise spans residential

  Popular, Inc. ("Popular" or the "Corporation") (NASDAQ:BPOP) today announced the appointment of Javier D. Ferrer as the Corporation's Chief Operating Officer ("COO") and Head of Business Strategy. In this capacity, he will have overarching responsibility for all of Popular's business units, including its Puerto Rico and U.S.-based Retail Banking, Individual Credit, Commercial Credit, Financial and Insurance Service units, overseeing their day-to-day operations and long-term strategy. Ferrer will report to President and Chief Executive Officer Ignacio Alvarez. Ferrer's appointment, which takes effect on January 1, 2022, aims to facilitate Popular's business transformation to meet custome

Popular, Inc. ("Popular" or the "Corporation") (NASDAQ:BPOP) announced today that its Board of Directors appointed Betty DeVita and José R. Rodríguez as independent directors of the Corporation, effective June 25, 2021. "We are excited to welcome Betty and José as new independent directors of the Popular board," said Richard L. Carrión, Chairman of the Board. "They bring decades of expertise in financial services and corporate governance, and their perspectives will be crucial as we pursue our growth strategy and deliver value to our shareholders and community." DeVita, an executive with extensive experience in the banking and payments industry, is currently the Chief Business Officer and