WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - BB&T Corp. (BBT) has named Ricky Brown as president, Branch Banking and Trust Company Inc., effective immediately. Brown replaces Rob Greene, who had been president since the BB&T merger of equals with Southern National in 1995 and recently retired.
Brown was named to BB&T's executive team in 2004. Since that time he has served as president, Community Banking, BB&T Corp. and would continue in this role.
After joining BB&T in 1977, Brown served as a business services officer in New Bern, N.C., and Morehead City, N.C.; corporate banker in Wilmington, N.C.; city executive in New Bern and Winston-Salem, N.C.; regional president of BB&T Charlotte Metro Region (N.C.); and group president of the Washington, D.C. Metro Region.
At present, Brown serves on the board of the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Financial Services Roundtable.
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