KOSCIUSKO, Miss., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First M&F Corporation
(Nasdaq: FMFC) announced that veteran banker Jeffrey B. Lacey has been named
President and Chief Banking Officer of M&F Bank. He succeeds Scott Wiggers,
who will retain his position as President of First M&F Corporation and serve
as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Mr. Lacey is a graduate of Mississippi State University, the Graduate
School of Banking at LSU, the Southeastern Commercial Lending School at
Vanderbilt, and the ABA Commercial Lending School at Oklahoma. With more than
21 years of banking experience with M&F Bank, Jeff most recently served as
President of M&F Bank's Rankin County division. He was named to that position
in March, 2002.
"Jeff Lacey is the right man for this moment in M&F history," said Hugh S.
Potts, Jr., Chairman and CEO of First M&F Corporation. "He has grown within
the bank and performed well in every position. He has deep roots in the M&F
market, M&F culture, and M&F history. For these times and in planning for the
future, Jeff and his family are the right choice."
Active in his community, Mr. Lacey is a volunteer for the Boy Scouts of
America Andrew Jackson Council, and a member of Rankin First and the Jackson
Metro Chamber of Commerce. He was Past President of the Kosciusko Attala
Chamber of Commerce and the Past Chairman of the Kosciusko Attala County
Economic Development Authority. He and his wife, Misty, have two children,
Grayson and Addie Hart.
About First M&F Corporation
First M&F Corporation, headquartered in Kosciusko, Mississippi, is a full
service provider of banking, trust, securities brokerage and insurance
products and services. M&F has $1.6 billion in assets and has 50 bank branches
and 9 insurance agency locations serving customers throughout Mississippi,
Tennessee, Alabama, and Florida. M&F is a publicly held company and is traded
on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol FMFC.
SOURCE First M&F Corporation