The $5.5 billion-asset
company said in a press release Wednesday that Jean Hale, will retire as CEO on
Feb. 7. Hale has been Community Trust’s CEO for the last 23 years.
Mark Gooch was named the
company’s president, effective immediately, succeeding Hale. He will succeed
Hale as CEO and as a director when she retires.
Gooch will remain president
and CEO of Community Trust Bank, posts he has held since July 1999.
Hale “leaves an
indelible imprint on Community Trust … having provided strong leadership for
its dynamic growth and profitability and assembling a strong executive
management team during her tenure,” M. Lynn Parrish, the company’s lead independent
director, said in the release.
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