Business First Bancshares : B1BANK names Don Hingle as managing director of the Capital region market
November 29, 2023 at 05:05 pm
Share
Baton Rouge, La. (Nov. 29, 2023) - Don Hingle has been named executive vice president, managing director of the Capital region market by b1BANK, the banking subsidiary of Business First Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: BFST). In the position, Hingle will lead all banking operations in the Baton Rouge market and serve on the Production Leadership Team that develops long-term strategic plans for b1BANK.<_o3a_p>
"Don has a wealth of banking knowledge and experience, not only across Louisiana but specifically in Baton Rouge," said Mike Nizzo, regional president of b1BANK. "His decades of banking and community leadership, as well as his understanding of Baton Rouge, makes him the perfect choice to lead this market."<_o3a_p>
Hingle has over 40 years of Louisiana-based banking experience, including 12 at multiple executive positions with b1BANK. He joined b1BANK in 2009 as president of the Houma market and later served as a regional CEO, chief credit executive and director of market expansion. Most recently, Hingle was appointed regional president and managing director of the Houston region following b1BANK's acquisition in 2022 of Texas Citizens Bank. Before b1BANK, Hingle was at Whitney National Bank, including 10 years as a senior vice president overseeing the southeast Louisiana region.<_o3a_p>
Hingle is active in the community, having served as a board member of the Baton Rouge Symphony, chairman of the Houma/Terrebonne Chamber of Commerce, Terrebonne Economic Development Authority and Terrebonne Port Commission, and president of the South-Central Industrial Association. He received a bachelor's degree and an MBA from the University of New Orleans.
Business First Bancshares Inc. published this content on 29 November 2023 and is solely responsible for the information contained therein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 29 November 2023 22:04:18 UTC.
Business First Bancshares, Inc. is a financial holding company. The Company operates through its banking subsidiary, b1BANK (the Bank). The Bank is a Louisiana state banking association and community-based financial institution that offers a range of banking products and services. It operates throughout the state of Louisiana, in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex and Houston, from a network of banking centers and loan production offices. It offers checking, savings and money market accounts, certificates of deposit, commercial and consumer loans, mortgage loans, real estate loans, and other installment and term loans. In addition, it offers its customers wealth management products, drive-through banking facilities, automated teller machines, night depository, credit cards, Internet banking, electronic funds transfers through ACH services, domestic and foreign wire transfers, travelerâs checks, cash management, vault services, loan and deposit sweep accounts, and lock box services.
BUSINESS FIRST BANCSHARES, INC. 
