LAFAYETTE, La., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- IBERIABANK Corporation , the holding company of IBERIABANK (http://www.iberiabank.com/ ), is pleased to announce that Anthony Restel has been promoted to Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer. Restel, currently Chief Financial Officer, will maintain his current responsibilities.
Daryl Byrd, President and CEO of IBERIABANK commented, "Anthony has played an integral role over the past several years in developing our franchise. He will do a terrific job with these additional responsibilities and will continue to help us take the Company to a new level."
Restel joined IBERIABANK in 2001 as Treasurer for the organization. Prior to joining IBERIABANK, he served as Vice President of the Energy and Utilities Group as a Commercial Lending Officer for Bank One Louisiana. He began his banking career with First National Bank of Commerce in New Orleans as part of the Corporate Banking team in the Energy Group.
Restel is taking over Michael Brown's role as Chief Credit Officer, as Brown takes on management of the Arkansas franchise and all of the markets of IBERIABANK Corporation.
IBERIABANK Corporation is the second largest Louisiana-based bank holding company. IBERIABANK operates 22 branch offices in Acadiana; three branches in Baton Rouge, 12 branch offices in the greater New Orleans area, including new locations in Mandeville, Slidell, Elmwood and LaPlace; one branch in Houma; 10 branches in the Monroe/Ruston region and one in downtown Shreveport. Total assets at September 30, 2006, were $3.1 billion, loans of $2.2 billion and deposits of $2.4 billion.
Contact: Beth Ardoin, Director of Communications, 337-521-4701
