Dan Blair has been named wealth adviser for Regions Bank in Little Rock. The change was made effective in December 2017 with Blair joining the private wealth team.
Kent McClure has been named a commercial loan officer at the Bryant branch of Farmers Bank & Trust of Magnolia.
McClure is currently the co-owner of McClure Fitness in Benton and is the former co-owner of the InServ Group.
Phil Brandon of Rock Town Distillery, Doug Brooks of Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies and Mihir Desai of Wespun Tubular are among 15 new members of the Arkansas District Export Council appointed by U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
Other members include the following:
• Ken Gaines, The Steco Corp.
• Angela Marshall Hofmann, World Strategies
• Edward King, Grapette International
• Samuel M. Rothschild, Slim Chickens
• Russell C. Owen, Pernod Ricard USA
• Gina Radke, Galley Support Innovations
• Max A. Rodriguez, Guardian Payment Systems
• Curtis W. Schneekloth, Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
• John A. Sinclair, Lycus Ltd.
• James Keith Smith, Keith Smith Co.
• Dennis R. Truelove, Lockheed Martin Missile & Fire Control
• Ashvin P. Vibhakar, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
See more of this week’s Movers & Shakers, and submit your own announcement at ArkansasBusiness.com/Movers.
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