People: Hancock Holding Co (HBHC.O)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

James Estabrook

 68 2009 Independent Chairman of the Board

Carl Chaney

 51 2008 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

John Hairston

 49 2008 Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Director

Michael Achary

 52 2008 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President

Joseph Exnicios

 57 2011 President of Whitney Bank

D. Shane Loper

 47 2012 Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer

Joy Phillips

 57 2011 Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary

Edward Francis

 47 2010 Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Banking Officer

Richard Hill

 56 2010 Executive Vice President, Chief Retail Banking Officer

Samuel Kendricks

 53 2011 Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer

Clifton Saik

 59 2010 Executive Vice President, Chief Wealth Management Officer

Stephen Barker

 56 2012 Chief Accounting Officer

Suzanne Thomas

 58 2012 Chief Wholesale Credit Approval Officer

Frank Bertucci

 56 2000 Independent Director

Hardy Fowler

 61 2011 Independent Director

Terence Hall

 67 2011 Independent Director

Randall Hanna

 54 2009 Independent Director

James Horne

 61 2000 Independent Director

Jerry Levens

 56 2009 Independent Director

R. King Milling

 72 2011 Independent Director

Eric Nickelsen

 68 2011 Independent Director

Thomas Olinde

 57 2009 Independent Director

John Pace

 82 2005 Independent Director

Christine Pickering

 52 2000 Independent Director

Robert Roseberry

 62 2001 Independent Director

Anthony Topazi

 62 2007 Independent Director

Trisha Carlson

 Senior Vice President, Investor Relations Manager
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Biographies

Name Description

James Estabrook

 Mr. James B. Estabrook, Jr., is Independent Chairman of the Board of Hancock Holding Company, since July 6, 2009. He was appointed Chairman of the Board in 2009. Mr. Estabrook has broad regional and national experience in the automobile sales and finance industry, together with real estate experience and knowledge as to the Gulf Coast region’s economy. Mr. Estabrook’s principal occupation has been as President of Estabrook Motor Co., Inc. since 1967. He also serves as President of Estabrook Automotive, Inc. These enterprises are multi-line automobile dealerships serving the Mississippi Gulf Coast markets. Mr. Estabrook also has served in leadership positions for several regional and national automobile industry related organizations and trade groups, including serving as Chairman of Ford Dealer Advertising Fund (Southern Quality Dealers), Chairman of the Ford Zone Dealer Council and past President and Director of the Mississippi Automobile Dealers Association. He serves as Secretary and Treasurer/Director of Versant Holding Company; President of Auto Credit, Inc. (automobile finance business), President, Estabrook Properties, LLC (real estate business), President, Falcon Leasing and Rental, Inc., (daily rental automobile business) and President of Gulf Coast Financial Corp., Inc; Pascagoula, Mississippi. Mr. Estabrook has also served on the boards of numerous economic development and business councils in addition to leadership positions in several civic and charitable groups. He has served as an Advisory Director of Hancock Bank since 1985.

Carl Chaney

 Mr. Carl J. Chaney is President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Hancock Holding Company. Mr. Chaney is President and Chief Executive Officer of Hancock Holding Company and has served as Chief Executive Officer since 2006; he has been President of Hancock Holding Company since 2008. He served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of the Company, Hancock Bank, Gulfport, Mississippi and Hancock Bank of Louisiana from 1998 to 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Chaney was a bank merger and acquisition and regulatory attorney representing banks throughout 13 states in the Southeast and Southwest. Mr. Chaney serves on the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, New Orleans Branch. He is a Director of Mississippi Power Company, Gulfport, Mississippi, where he serves as Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Controls and Compliance Committee. Mr. Chaney is Chairman of the Mississippi Banker’s Association; Treasurer and Director of the Mississippi Economic Council; and a Director of the Mississippi Partnership for Economic Development. He is a Director of the Gulf Coast Business Council; a Director of Gulf Coast Renaissance Corporation; a Board Member and former Chairman of the University of Mississippi Banking and Finance Advisory Council. Mr. Chaney is a course coordinator and instructor at the Graduate School of Banking at LSU and an instructor at the Mississippi School of Banking and the Alabama Banking School. Mr. Chaney is a frequent speaker at national conferences and conventions regarding the banking industry.

John Hairston

 Mr. John M. Hairston is Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Director of Hancock Holding Company. Mr. Hairston was named Chief Executive Officer of the Company in 2006, then Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer in 2008. He served as Chief Operations Officer and Executive Vice President of Hancock Bank and Hancock Bank of Louisiana from 1994 to 2006. Mr. Hairston serves as a Commissioner of the Mississippi Gaming Commission; gaming is an integral part of the economy of the Gulf Coast region. He is Chairman of the Mississippi Information Technology Services Board of Directors, is Chairman of the Gulf Coast Business Council’s Premier Destination Initiative, is Chairman of the Mississippi State University College of Business Executive Advisory Board, and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Ohr O’Keefe Museum, Gulf Coast Business Council, and Mississippi State Research and Technology Corporation. He is involved with the American Bankers Association as a member of the American Bankers Council and the American Bankers Government Relations Council. Mr. Hairston also serves on the faculty of the Louisiana State University Graduate School of Banking.

Michael Achary

 Mr. Michael M. Achary is Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Hancock Holding Company. Mr. Achary, who joined Hancock in summer 2000, served as a Senior Vice President at New Orleans based First Commerce Corporation and as Chief Financial Officer for a New Orleans law firm. A Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Achary received both a bachelor of science degree in accounting and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of New Orleans. Mr. Achary is also a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University.

Joseph Exnicios

 Mr. Joseph S. Exnicios is President of Whitney Bank, a subsidiary Company of Hancock Holding Company, since 2011. He was Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of Whitney Holding Corporation and Whitney National Bank from 2009 to 2011; Executive Vice President of Whitney Holding Corporation and Whitney National Bank from 2004 to 2009.

D. Shane Loper

 Mr. D. Shane Loper is Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer of Hancock Holding Company. Mr. Loper received a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and an M.B.A. from Troy State University. He is a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University. He has held management positions in Information Technology, Bank Operations, and Human Resources during his tenure with Hancock. Loper is also a major in the Mississippi Army National Guard and a graduate of Leadership Gulf Coast. He was Executive Vice President since 2008; Chief Risk and Administrative Officer since 2010; Chief Information Officer since 2007; Director of Corporate Human Resources from 2002 to 2007.

Joy Phillips

 Mr. Joy Lambert Phillips is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Hancock Holdings Company. He serves as Executive Vice President since 2009; Corporate Secretary since June 2011; General Counsel since 1999.

Edward Francis

 Mr. Edward G. Francis is Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Banking Officer of Hancock Holding Comapany. He was previously Executive Vice President since 2008. Executive - Commercial Banking from 2008 to 2010; Senior Commercial Lending Officer from 2003 to 2008.

Richard Hill

 Mr. Richard T. Hill is Executive Vice President, Chief Retail Banking Officer of Hancock Holding Company. He is Executive Vice President since 2002; Chief Retail Banking Officer since February 2010; Executive - Retail Banking from 2008 to 2010.

Samuel Kendricks

 Mr. Samuel B. Kendricks is Executive Vice President, Chief Credit Officer of Hancock Holding Company. He served as Chief Credit Officer since 2010; Chief Credit Policy Officer from 2009 to 2010; Senior Regional Credit Officer from 2008 to 2009; Regional Credit Officer from 2004 to 2008.

Clifton Saik

 Mr. Clifton J. Saik is Executive Vice President, Chief Wealth Management Officer of Hancock Holding Company. He is Executive Vice President since 2002; Chief Wealth Management Officer since 2010; Executive, Wealth Management from 2007 to 2010; Director of Trust from 1998 to 2001.

Stephen Barker

 Mr. Stephen E. Barker is Chief Accounting Officer of Hancock Holding Company. He has been Comptroller, Whitney National Bank (2000).

Suzanne Thomas

 Ms. Suzanne C. Thomas is Chief Wholesale Credit Approval Officer of Hancock Holding Company, since 2012. She was Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, Whitney Bank since 2011; Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of Whitney Holding Corporation and Whitney National Bank from 2010 to 2011; Senior Vice President of Whitney National Bank from 2001 to 2009.

Frank Bertucci

 Mr. Frank E. Bertucci is Independent Director of Hancock Holding Company. Since 1978, Mr. Bertucci has been employed with F.E.B. Distributing Co., Inc., a regional beverage wholesaler and currently serves as its President. Mr. Bertucci is also Chief Executive Officer of Capital City Beverage, Jackson, Mississippi, a beverage distributorship since 1943. He is a director of the Mississippi Malt Beverage Association in Jackson, Mississippi and a director of Fullhouse Venture Company L.P. of Gulfport, Mississippi. Mr. Bertucci’s companies are present throughout Mississippi, including the two markets in the state, one of which is the Gulf Coast region. Mr. Bertucci has been active in the U. S. Special Olympics organization, as well as a number of other charitable organizations throughout the Mississippi Gulf Coast market. He has been involved in the banking industry since 1995, when he became an Advisory Director of Hancock Bank, bringing to it his lifelong knowledge of the Mississippi Gulf Coast and its economy.

Hardy Fowler

 Mr. Hardy B. Fowler is Independent Director of Hancock Holding Company. He has substantial financial and accounting , as well as knowledge of and substantial connections with the Company’s market, New Orleans, all of which combine to make him an effective director of the Company. Mr. Fowler has substantial academic and professional credentials, including an undergraduate degree in finance and an MBA. He is also a Louisiana certified public accountant. He concluded a 34 year career at the international accounting firm of KPMG in September 2009, which included 25 years as a tax partner and service as the New Orleans office’s managing partner for the last seven years. In addition to advising KPMG’s clients in the New Orleans market for many years, his civic and community ties to New Orleans are, including service on the boards of the Bureau of Governmental Research, the Business Council of New Orleans, Junior Achievement and many other civic organizations including the Louisiana State University’s Tiger Athletic Foundation, Lambeth House and Trinity Episcopal School.

Terence Hall

 Mr. Terence E. Hall is Independent Director of Hancock Holding Company. He has substantial experience as an executive of a public company engaged in an industry important to the Company and its markets, familiarity with several key Company markets, and educational and prior business experience, all of which make him an effective Company director. Mr. Hall joined the Whitney Holding Corporation Board in 2009 and served on its Executive Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and Compensation and Human Resources Committee. From 1995 to May 2010, Mr. Hall served as Chairman and CEO of Superior Energy Services, Inc. and currently serves as the company’s Chairman. Superior is a provider of specialized oilfield services and equipment, focused on serving the drilling and production-related needs of oil and gas companies, as well as the plug and abandonment and decommissioning services required at the end of a well’s life. Energy related lending — especially lending to support service activities such as those engaged in by Superior — is a industry segment for Hancock. Headquartered in Houston, Superior has facilities located in many of the same cities and towns in South Louisiana that host Whitney Bank’s locations. In addition to his experience at Superior, Mr. Hall’s qualifications as a Company director include his law degree and decade of experience as a practicing attorney, as well as the insights he gained over several years as an entrepreneur and business manager prior to founding Superior in 1987.

Randall Hanna

 Mr. Randall W. Hanna is Independent Director of Hancock Holding Company. Mr. Hanna is the Chancellor of the Florida College System that serves approximately 900,000 higher education students through 28 institutions in Florida. The Florida College System is the primary access point for higher education in Florida and is the provider of workforce training in the state. Prior to being appointed chancellor in November 2011, Mr. Hanna served as Chairman and Managing Shareholder of Bryant Miller Olive, a legal firm with offices in Florida, Washington, D.C. and Atlanta. Under his firm became one of the firms in Florida, especially in the area of public finance. As an attorney, he worked on complex financial and economic development transactions throughout the entire State of Florida. Mr. Hanna has substantial knowledge of the Florida market. He is a member of the Florida Council of 100, past chairman of the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, a former member of Florida A & M University Board of Trustees, a past chairman of the State Board of Community Colleges; and a past chairman of the Florida Board of Bar Examiners. He previously served as Special Counsel to United States Senator Bob Graham. He was named as one of the “Most Influential Floridians” by Florida Trend Magazine. Prior to being named as a Director of the Company, he served as a Director of Hancock Bank of Florida from 2007 to 2010.

James Horne

 Mr. James H. Horne is Independent Director of Hancock Holding Company. He has substantial real estate investment experience having been involved in the appraisal, management and development of real estate on the Mississippi Gulf Coast since 1974. He began his service on the Hancock Bank Board in 1995. He spent over 30 years as an MAI real estate appraiser on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and he is a past president of the Mississippi Chapter of the Appraisal Institute. His appraisal experience involved commercial and industrial properties, as well as timberlands. His appraisal has been sought and utilized by banks throughout the Gulf Coast market. In addition to his appraisal career, Mr. Horne has been involved in the real estate development business, having developed subdivisions and a chain of self storage facilities on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and in the Mobile area, two important markets of the Company. He currently is the co-owner and President of Handy Lock Self Storage Centers (management and development), and he manages several , industrial warehouses.

Jerry Levens

 Mr. Jerry L. Levens is Independent Director of Hancock Holding Company. He has substantial financial, accounting, auditing, professional and business experience that prepared him to serve on Hancock Holding Company’s Board of Directors and makes him an effective director. Prior to joining the Hancock Holding Company Board of Directors he served as a Director of Hancock Bank (Mississippi) in 2008. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board Risk Committee and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Credit Risk Management Subcommittee. Mr. Levens has worked in the accounting field since 1978 and has been a partner since 1992 at the regional CPA firm of Alexander, Van Loon, Sloan, Levens & Favre, PLLC, which is based on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. He is the partner in charge of all the firm’s audit and assurance engagements. He has substantial academic and professional credentials, including an undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of Mississippi, a Mississippi certified public accounting license, and is also a certified fraud examiner. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and was an elected member of its’ governing Council to represent the State of Mississippi CPAs. He is also a member and past president of the Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA) and was appointed by a former Governor to a five-year term on the Mississippi State Board of Public Accountancy and served one year as its chairman.

R. King Milling

 Mr. R. King Milling is Independent Director of Hancock Holding Company. He was formerly the Vice Chairman of Whitney Holding Corporation and Whitney National Bank, from March 2007 to December 2008. He also served as a director of Whitney Holding Corporation and Whitney National Bank from 1978 to 2011, and he has been a director of Whitney Bank since 2011. Mr. Milling was elected to the Whitney Holding Corporation Board in 1978 and served as President from 1984 to 2007 and as Vice Chairman from 2007 to 2008. He has substantial knowledge of all assets and liabilities held by Whitney Holding Corporation, now part of Hancock Holding Company, including its customers and the New Orleans, Houston, Mobile, Tampa and Pensacola markets. Prior to his election as President of Whitney Holding Corporation, Mr. Milling practiced law in New Orleans since 1965, thereby developing skills that serve him well as a director. His involvement in civic and governmental initiatives important to the Company’s; A partial list of his current contributions includes service as Chairman, Governor’s Advisory Commission on Coastal Restoration and Conservation since 2002; Member, Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority; Chairman, America’s WETLAND Foundation; and as a director of the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation, LSU Health Sciences Center Foundation since 1999 and the Trust for Coastal Stewardship.

Eric Nickelsen

 Mr. Eric J. Nickelsen is Independent Director of Hancock Holding Company. He has substantial knowledge of an important Company market, experience both as a real estate developer and banker, and knowledge gained during his decade-long tenure as a Whitney Holding Corporation director, all of which combine to make him an effective director of the Company. Mr. Nickelsen lives and works in Pensacola, Florida, which is part of the Company’s Florida panhandle market that extends east to Destin and Fort Walton. Prior to beginning his career in real estate development and numerous other businesses, Mr. Nickelsen was a banker, with varying responsibilities relating to operations and lending between 1966 and 1998. By the end of his banking career, Mr. Nickelsen led the Northwest Florida region for Barnett Bank in the capacity of Chairman, President and CEO. Mr. Nickelsen plays a prominent role in the Florida panhandle market, by serving as chairman of institutions such as the Pensacola Junior College Foundation, the University of West Florida Foundation, the Pensacola Area Chamber of Commerce, Rebuild Northwest Florida, Inc. and the Sacred Heart Health System (a health organization operating three hospitals and other facilities in the Florida panhandle) and as chairman or director of numerous other civic and community groups. He has received numerous awards and commendations for his past civic and business activities. Mr. Nickelsen joined the Whitney Holding Corporation and the Whitney Bank Board in 2000.

Thomas Olinde

 Mr. Thomas H. Olinde is Independent Director of Hancock Holding Company. He has been a director of Whitney Bank (formerly Hancock Bank of Louisiana) since 2006. Mr. Olinde has been the President of Olinde Hardware and Supply Co., Inc. since 1997. He also serves as a Director of B. Olinde and Sons Co., Inc. and previously worked as a credit manager. Mr. Olinde currently serves as Chairman of the Furniture Marketing Group, the buying group in the country, and is currently a board member of the National Home Furnishings Association. Additionally, Mr. Olinde is a former member of the Broyhill Furniture National Dealer Council and past director of the National Coalition of Community and Justice. He is a recipient of the Volunteer Activist Award in the greater Baton Rouge area, an important market for the Company.

John Pace

 Mr. John H. Pace is Independent Director of Hancock Holding Company. He served as President of Interstate Companies of Louisiana from 1964 until 1998. Interstate served all of Louisiana in sales to schools, hospitals, and offices. Mr. Pace also served as Director of Missco Corp. of Jackson, the holding company of Interstate Companies. Mr. Pace’s experience includes overseeing associated Missco companies in Arkansas, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina and Florida, in addition to Louisiana. These states encompass several key markets of the Company. He served as director of the Council for a Better Louisiana for three years. He is an active Member of Young Presidents Organization and World Presidents Organization and was President of Louisiana YPO and served as Treasurer.

Christine Pickering

 Ms. Christine L. Pickering is Independent Director of Hancock Holding Company. She has substantial financial and accounting due to her experience as a licensed Certified Public Accountant for the past 25 years. Ms. Pickering has a great deal of experience as an Audit Committee member and has chaired the Audit Committee for the Company since 2004. Ms. Pickering has gained knowledge of the Company during her tenure of more than a decade of experience as a director for the Company. Ms. Pickering is the owner of Christy Pickering, CPA since 1991. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Ms. Pickering is a director of Mississippi Power Company, Gulfport, Mississippi, where she serves as the Chair of the Controls and Compliance Committee. She is a Board member and Audit Committee Chair of Infinity, Inc., a Board member and Audit Committee Chair of Gulf Coast Renaissance Corporation, and a Trustee of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning. She has been an Advisory Director of Hancock Bank since 1995.

Robert Roseberry

 Mr. Robert W. Roseberry is Independent Director of Hancock Holding Company. He has substantial experience as a banker and has knowledge of the Mississippi market, both of which make him an effective Company director. He is the retired, former President of the Northern Division of Hancock Bank from 2001 to 2007. Mr. Roseberry was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lamar Capital Corporation, which was acquired by Hancock Holding Company, from 1998 to 2001 and the President and Chief Executive Officer of Lamar Bank from 1986 to 1998. He is the owner of Pine Lake Farms, LLC. Mr. Roseberry served in various capacities with Lamar Bank from 1971 to 1986 and was a director of Lamar Bank from 1972 to 2001.

Anthony Topazi

 Mr. Anthony J. Topazi is Independent Director of Hancock Holding Company. Mr. Topazi is currently the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Southern Company. Based in Atlanta, Southern Company is one of the generators of electricity in the nation, serving both regulated and competitive markets across the southeast in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Georgia. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer, Mississippi Power Company from 2004 to September 2010. Mr. Topazi served on the Board of the Federal Reserve Bank, New Orleans Branch until December 2010. Additionally, Mr. Topazi has held numerous executive leadership positions with Gulf Coast business, economic and service organizations. Mr. Topazi served as Chairman of Momentum Mississippi, a public-private partnership appointed by the Governor to enhance the State’s economic development future. He also served as chairman of the Gulf Coast Business Council, and as Chairman of the Gulf Coast Renaissance Corporation, which focuses on the redevelopment of the coastal communities and housing for the workforce. In addition to numerous other organizations Mr. Topazi has served as a board member of the Mississippi Economic Council, the Mississippi Partnership for Economic Development, the Gulf Coast Community Foundation, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Topazi has served as Advisory Director of Hancock Bank since 2004.

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