Amerant Bancorp Inc. announced that Frederick C. Copeland, Jr., Chairman of the Board of the Company and J. Guillermo Villar, Director of the Company and the Bank, have announced their retirement from the Boards effective immediately after the Company's annual meeting on June 8, 2022. Orlando Ashford, Samantha Holroyd, John Quelch and Oscar Suarez have been named directors of the Company effective April 1, 2022. The Company also announced that the Board appointed Vice-Chairman, President and CEO Jerry Plush as Chairman of the Board, and current director Pamella J. Dana, Ph.D as Lead Independent Director, effective immediately after the Company's Annual Shareholders Meeting to be held on June 8, 2022.