Brannon Hamblen

Brannon Hamblen, President and Chief Operating Officer – Real Estate Specialties Group ("RESG"). Prior to assuming the roles of President – RESG in 2018 and Chief Operating Officer – RESG in 2017, Mr. Hamblen served as Director of Asset Management since 2012. Mr. Hamblen joined the Bank in 2008 as Senior Vice President, Originations and assumed leadership of RESG Asset Management in 2010. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr. Hamblen worked in the real estate consulting practices of Ernst & Young/Kenneth Leventhal and KPMG, and in acquisitions, development, asset management, and capital markets with R.M. Crowe Company, a large Dallas-based, privately owned real estate owner/operator. Mr. Hamblen holds a B.S. in Agricultural Economics and a M.S. in Land Economics & Real Estate from Texas A&M University.