Southside Bancshares, the holding company of Southside Bank, will promote Jared Green from executive vice president, commercial lending to regional president of the East Texas market, upon the retirement of H.J. (Jay) Shands, lll, on April 30.
Green joined Southside in 2013. He is a commercial lender with more than 16 years of banking experience. He most recently served as executive vice president, commercial lending for East Texas. In his new role, Green will lead the bank’s East and Southeast Texas commercial lending teams with a focus on building customer relationships and growing the bank’s commercial loan portfolio.
“We are very proud to announce Jared’s promotion to this key role,” Lee R. Gibson, president and CEO of Southside, said. “Jared brings incredible commercial lending experience and is committed to meeting the needs of our clients. Under his leadership, we are confident that Southside will continue to develop commercial business relationships throughout the East and Southeast Texas regions.”
Shands will retire following a 40-year banking career. He served as president and CEO of First Bank & Trust East Texas for 26 years before its merger with Southside Bank in 2017, at which time he assumed the role of regional president of East Texas and director of the bank and the company. He will continue to serve on both boards following his retirement.
“Jay’s banking experience and knowledge have been an instrumental part of Southside’s recent success,” Gibson said. “We look forward to continuing to benefit from his invaluable advice as he serves on our boards of directors.”
Southside Bancshares is a bank holding company headquartered in Tyler, TX, with approximately $6.75 billion in assets as of Dec. 31, 2019.
