HERMITAGE, Pa., Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First National Bank has appointed John C. Williams, Jr. to the position of Pittsburgh Market Executive and President of the Pittsburgh Region. Williams will be responsible for overseeing Corporate Banking, Business Banking, Investment Real Estate, and the Bank's overall business strategy in the Pittsburgh Region. Williams will report to Vincent J. Delie, Jr., President, Banking Group, who previously served as President and CEO of the Region and has moved into an expanded senior executive role directing all of the Bank's revenue producing lines of business.
"We have assembled a team of professionals who have executed First National Bank's plan to grow in the Pittsburgh region and are very pleased with our success," noted Delie. "I am confident that Mr. Williams' leadership, extensive commercial banking and financial industry experience, and local market knowledge will contribute to FNB's continued growth and success."
The Bank's Pittsburgh Region consists of 71 Banking Offices located throughout Southern Butler, Beaver, Allegheny, Armstrong, Washington, Westmoreland, Greene, Fayette, and Somerset Counties. "This opportunity with First National Bank appealed to me on many different levels," stated Williams. "First National Bank is known for its quality and focused commitment to the City of Pittsburgh and to Western Pennsylvania. I am honored to work with the excellent professionals of First National Bank, many of whom have made a strong and lasting impression in this region's financial sector."
Williams has been an active banking industry leader for over thirty-eight years, most of which have been spent in the Pittsburgh market. Prior to joining First National Bank, Williams served as Executive Vice President of Commercial Banking for Huntington National Bank in Pittsburgh. Previously, he served in executive management positions with National City Bank and Mellon Bank. Williams earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Purdue University and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from The Ohio State University.
About First National Bank of Pennsylvania
First National Bank of Pennsylvania, the largest subsidiary of F.N.B. Corporation , has over 225 full-service locations in Pennsylvania and Ohio, and loan production offices in Florida and Tennessee.
About F.N.B. Corporation
F.N.B. Corporation, headquartered in Hermitage, PA, is a diversified financial services company with total assets of $8.5 billion as of September 30, 2008. F.N.B. Corporation is a leading provider of commercial and retail banking, leasing, wealth management, insurance, merchant banking and consumer finance services in Pennsylvania and Ohio, where it owns and operates First National Bank of Pennsylvania, First National Trust Company, First National Investment Services Company, LLC, F.N.B. Investment Advisors, Inc., First National Insurance Agency, LLC, F.N.B. Capital Corporation, LLC, Regency Finance Company and Bank Capital Services. It also operates consumer finance offices in Tennessee and loan production offices in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Tennessee, and Florida.
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The common stock of F.N.B. Corporation trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "FNB". Investor information is available on F.N.B. Corporation's Web site at http://www.fnbcorporation.com/.
