Mr. Taylor is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and holds the same positions at Centennial Bank of the West and Guaranty Bank and Trust Company subsidiaries of the Company. He is also a director of Centennial Bank of the West. From April 2000 to July 2004 he served as the Chief Financial Officer of our Company's predecessor. During his 21-year banking and investment-banking career he worked for Alex Sheshunoff Investment Banking as a Director of Mergers and Acquisitions where he performed acquisitions for clients across the country. Further investment banking experience was with Century Capital Group where he performed M&A and financing for small businesses. Mr. Taylor worked for KeyCorp for 12 years in both New York and the Rocky Mountain West in numerous management positions and left the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Rocky Mountain Region. He has a B.S. in Business Economics and Accounting from State University of New York and is a graduate of Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington. |