K. Wayne Wicker, chairman and CEO of South Atlantic Bank, was elected to serve on the American Bankers Association board of directors. Members attending the ABA annual convention elected new ABA officers and directors for the 2022-2023 association year. Wicker has more than 30 years of banking experience.

He serves on the South Carolina State Board of Financial Institutions and as immediate past chairman of the South Carolina Bankers Association. He also serves on the membership council of the ABA. Wicker holds a B.S. degree in business administration from The Citadel and has completed The Graduate School of Banking of the South at Louisiana State University and the South Carolina Bankers School at the University of South Carolina.

A former member of the South Carolina Air National Guard, Wicker is a Gulf War veteran.