Lori Melton has been hired as senior vice president of business development at First Community Bank in Conway. Melton has 33 years of banking experience and most recently was a marketing consultant for Dave Creek Media in Conway.
Kurt Lettow has been hired as the president of the dealer division of Arvest Bank in Fayetteville. Lettow has more than 22 years of experience in the industry.
Clay Glasgow has been named advisory partner at HoganTaylor in Little Rock. He came to HoganTaylor during the JPMS Cox merger in 2018 and has more than 15 years of experience in public accounting.
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Sarah Langham has been named an assurance partner in the Fayetteville office, where Melania Powell is a new tax partner.
Langham, who has nearly 14 years of public accounting experience, joined HoganTaylor in 2007.
Powell joined HoganTaylor in 2008 and has extensive experience in tax compliance, due diligence, planning and research.
Taylor Bolen has been promoted to consumer loan officer at Citizens Bank in Monticello. Bolen has five years of banking experience and joined Citizens as a loan assistant.
Citizens Bank of Batesville broke ground Thursday on a new branch in Monticello. Announced last summer and approved by the Arkansas State Bank Board in December, the office at 236 Hwy. 425 N. will replace existing branches at 329 Hwy. 425 N. and 555 W. Gaines St.
Ralph Mastrangelo has been hired as managing director of the institutional sales team of Stephens Inc. in Little Rock.
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