Veritex Community Bank added James D. Recer as senior executive vice president and chief banking officer and named Cara McDaniel senior executive vice president and chief HR/talent officer.
Recer has more than 30 years of banking experience. He will lead Veritex Community Bank’s efforts in all revenue initiatives and develop scalable strategies designed to support the bank’s organic growth. Recer has served in executive level positions at some of Texas’ largest banks, including executive vice president at Bank of America and senior managing director and senior executive vice president at BBVA/Compass, where he implemented numerous commercial lending disciplines. He also was executive managing director for specialty banking at Texas Capital Bank.
“I am very excited to become a part of the Veritex Bank team,” Recer said. “Veritex is well respected and highly regarded by both its clients and competitors. The bank has a great foundation for growth and is well-positioned to thrive in both the DFW and Houston marketplaces. I am excited to be a part of Veritex’s continued growth.”
McDaniel has more than 20 years of banking and financial institution experience. As a member of Veritex Community Bank’s senior executive management team, she will lead and develop the bank’s overall human resources strategy, including talent acquisition, talent management and leadership development programs. McDaniel has served in executive and leadership positions at a number of banks and financial institutions. For the last decade she has served as executive vice president, head of human resources and talent strategy at Texas Capital Bank. Prior to that she held the position of national head of human resources for Citi’s US Commercial Bank.
“I am proud to be joining this dedicated group of professionals who have created an impressive legacy of success,” McDaniel said. “Veritex is a strong bank with an even stronger culture. The bank has a genuine love for its people and the communities it serves. I am confident that by putting the right people in the right positions, Veritex will not only become a bigger bank, we will become a great bank.”
“As Veritex prepares for the potential challenges and exciting opportunities that the future will bring, we need highly experienced leaders with a clear understanding of complex banking and lending operations,” Malcolm Holland, president and CEO of Veritex Community Bank, said. “Jim and Cara have that experience and expertise. They have been around for a long time and both have the on-the-ground experience we need to succeed. Jim brings with him a clear understanding of what it takes to build efficient and effective teams so that our commercial lending groups can be the envy of the industry. Cara knows how to seek out and develop the talent needed to fill those positions as we grow and expand our footprint throughout Texas.”
Veritex Community Bank is a mid-sized community bank with more than 40 locations and more than $8.5 billion in total assets.
