People: Hilltop Holdings Inc (HTH.N)

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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Gerald Ford

68 2010 Chairman of the Board

Jeremy Ford

37 2010 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Alan White

63 2012 Vice Chairman of the Board

Darren Parmenter

49 2012 Senior Vice President - Finance; Chief Operating fficer at NLASCO, Inc.

Corey Prestidge

38 2008 General Counsel, Secretary

Charlotte Anderson

45 2012 Director

Tracy Bolt

48 2012 Director

Hill Feinberg

65 2012 Director

James Huffines

61 2012 Director

Lee Lewis

60 2012 Director

Andrew Littlefair

52 2012 Director

C. Clifton Robinson

74 2007 Director

Kenneth Russell

63 2010 Director

A.Haag Sherman

47 2012 Director

Robert Taylor

64 2012 Director

Carl Webb

63 2005 Director

Rhodes Bobbitt

2005 Independent Director

W. Joris Brinkerhoff

60 2005 Independent Director

Charles Cummings

75 2005 Independent Director

J. Markham Green

68 2004 Independent Director

Jess Hay

81 2009 Independent Director

William Hill

70 2008 Independent Director

W. Robert Nichols

67 2008 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Gerald Ford

Mr. Gerald J. Ford is Chairman of the Board of Hilltop Holdings Inc. Mr. Ford has served as Chairman of the Board of Hilltop since August 2007, and has served as a director of Hilltop since June 2005. Mr. Ford served as interim Chief Executive Officer of Hilltop from January 1, 2010 until March 11, 2010. Mr. Ford is a banking and financial institutions entrepreneur who has been involved in numerous mergers and acquisitions of private and public sector financial institutions, primarily in the Southwestern United States, over the past 35 years. In that capacity, he acquired and consolidated 30 commercial banks from 1975 to 1993, forming First United Bank Group, Inc., a multi-bank holding company for which he functioned as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer until its sale in 1994. During this period, he also led investment consortiums that acquired numerous financial institutions, forming in succession, First Gibraltar Bank, FSB, First Madison Bank, FSB and First Nationwide Bank. Mr. Ford also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Golden State Bancorp Inc. and its subsidiary, California Federal Bank, FSB, from 1998 to 2002. He currently participates on numerous boards of directors, including Pacific Capital Bancorp, for which he also is Chairman of the Board, McMoRan Exploration Co., Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc., SWS Group, Inc. and Scientific Games Corporation. Mr. Ford previously served as a director of First Acceptance Corporation and Triad Financial Corporation. Mr. Ford also currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University, is the Managing Partner of Ford Financial Fund, L.P., a private equity fund that is the parent company of SB Acquisition Company LLC, the majority stockholder of Pacific Capital Bancorp.

Jeremy Ford

Mr. Jeremy B. Ford has been appointed as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Hilltop Holdings Inc. on March 11, 2010. Mr. Jeremy B. Ford worked in the financial services industry for over twelve years, primarily focused on investments in, and acquisitions of, depository institutions and insurance and finance companies. He also is one of the individuals who provided services to Hilltop under the Management Services Agreement with Diamond A Administration Company, LLC. Accordingly, he has been actively involved in numerous potential acquisitions for Hilltop, the acquisition of NLASCO, Inc. in 2007, and the divestiture of the mobile home communities business in 2007. Mr. Jeremy B. Ford also is currently Chairman of the Board of First Acceptance Corporation. Prior to becoming President and Chief Executive Officer of Hilltop, he was a principal of Ford Financial Fund, L.P., a private equity fund. From 2004 to 2008, he worked for Diamond A-Ford Corporation, where he was involved in various investments made by a family limited partnership. Prior to that, he worked at Liberté Investors Inc. (now First Acceptance Corporation), California Federal Bank, FSB (now Citigroup Inc.), and Salomon Smith Barney (now Citigroup Inc.).

Alan White

Darren Parmenter

Mr. Darren Parmenter is Senior Vice President - Finance of Hilltop Holdings Inc and Chief Operating Officer at NLASCO, Inc., subsidiary of Hilltop Holdings Inc. From January 2000 to June 2007, Mr. Parmenter was with Hilltop’s predecessor, Affordable Residential Communities Inc., and served as the Controller of Operations from April 2002 to June 2007. Prior to 2000, Mr. Parmenter was employed by Albertsons Inc., as an Assistant Controller.

Corey Prestidge

Mr. Corey G. Prestidge is General Counsel, Secretary of Hilltop Holdings Inc since January 2008. From November 2005 to January 2008, Mr. Prestidge was the Assistant General Counsel of Mark Cuban Companies. Prior to that, Mr. Prestidge was an associate in the corporate and securities practice group at Jenkens & Gilchrist, a Professional Corporation, which is a former national law firm.

Charlotte Anderson

Tracy Bolt

Hill Feinberg

James Huffines

Lee Lewis

Andrew Littlefair

C. Clifton Robinson

Mr. C. Clifton Robinson is Director of Hilltop Holdings Inc since March 2007. From 2000 until its acquisition by a subsidiary of Hilltop in January 2007, Mr. Robinson was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of NLASCO, Inc., an insurance holding company domiciled in Texas. Mr. Robinson continues to serve as Chairman of the Board of NLASCO, Inc. In 2000, Mr. Robinson formed NLASCO, Inc. in conjunction with the acquisition of American Summit Insurance Company and the reacquisition of National Lloyds Insurance Company, which he had initially acquired in 1964 and later sold. In 1979, he organized National Group Corporation for the purpose of purchasing insurance companies and related businesses. In 1964, he became the President and Chief Executive Officer of National Lloyds Insurance Company in Waco, Texas, one of the two current insurance subsidiaries of NLASCO, Inc. From 1964 to the present, Mr. Robinson has participated in the formation, acquisition and management of numerous insurance business enterprises. Mr. Robinson established the Robinson-Lanham Insurance Agency in 1961. He previously has held positions with various insurance industry associations, including Vice-Chairman of the Board of Texas Life and Health Guaranty Association, President of the Independent Insurance Agents of Waco-McLennan County and member of the board of directors of the Texas Life Insurance Association and the Texas Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association. Mr. Robinson currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Scottish Rite Hospital for Children in Dallas, Texas and owns and owns and operates the Waco Tribune-Herald.

Kenneth Russell

Mr. Kenneth D. Russell has been appointed as Director of Hilltop Holdings Inc effective August 5, 2010. Mr. Russell is a former member of the managing board of directors for KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft (KPMG DTG). While a member of KPMG DTG, Mr. Russell served in leadership of Audit—Financial Services. Subsequent to his service as a member of the German firm leadership, he functioned as a freelance strategic advisory to KPMG DTG’s managing board of directors, working directly with members of its executive committee. Most recently he has participated in the integration of the UK and German KPMG firms in the formation of KPMG Europe and headed a partner development program, which focuses on assisting partners in becoming better businessmen, as well as technicians. Prior to joining KPMG DTG, Mr. Russell was the lead financial services partner in the US KPMG LLP’s Department of Professional Practice in New York. His responsibilities in the Department of Profession Practice included the financial instruments, structured financing and securitization topic teams, and he was one of KPMG’s consultants on financial instruments, hedging and securitization accounting issues. Prior to joining the Department of Professional Practice at KPMG in 1993, Mr. Russell spent 20 years in KPMG’s Dallas office and had engagement responsibilities for several regional banking, thrift and other financial services clients. He currently serves as a Financial Advisor with Diamond A Administration Company, LLC, an affiliate of Gerald J. Ford.

A.Haag Sherman

Robert Taylor

Carl Webb

Mr. Carl B. Webb is Director of Hilltop Holdings Inc since June 2005. Since August 2010, Mr. Webb has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Pacific Capital Bancorp and as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, N.A. He is the Senior Principal of Ford Financial Fund, L.P., a private equity fund that is the parent company of SB Acquisition Company LLC, the majority stockholder of Pacific Capital Bancorp. Mr. Webb also is the Co-Managing Partner of Ford Financial Fund II, L.P., a private equity fund. In addition, Mr. Webb has served as a consultant to Hunter’s Glen/Ford, Ltd., a private investment partnership, since November 2002. He served as the Co-Chairman of Triad Financial Corporation, a privately held financial services company, from July 2007 to October 2009, as was the interim President and Chief Executive Officer from August 2005 to June 2007. Previously, Mr. Webb was the President and Chief Operating Officer and a Director of Golden State Bancorp Inc. and its subsidiary, California Federal Bank, FSB, from September 1994 to November 2002. Prior to his affiliation with California Federal Bank, FSB, Mr. Webb was the President and Chief Executive Officer of First Madison Bank, FSB (1993 to 1994) and First Gibraltar Bank, FSB (1988 to 1993), as well as President and a Director of First National Bank at Lubbock (1983 to 1988). Mr. Webb also is a director of Pacific Capital Bancorp and Prologis, Inc. He is a former director of and M&F Worldwide Corp., Plum Creek Timber Company and Triad Financial Corporation.

Rhodes Bobbitt

Mr. Rhodes R. Bobbitt is Independent Director of Hilltop Holdings Inc., since November 2005. Mr. Bobbitt is retired. From 1987 until June 2004, he served as a Managing Director and the Regional Office Manager of the Private Client Service Group of Credit Suisse First Boston/Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Bobbitt was formerly Vice President of Security Sales in the Dallas office of Goldman, Sachs & Company from 1969 until 1987. He is actively involved with the University of Texas as a member of the University of Texas Development Board, was Co-Chairman of the Dallas Leadership Council—Capital Raising Campaign, and is a member of the University of Texas MBA Investment Fund Advisory Board. He also serves on the Board of Directors of First Acceptance Corporation, including the Nominating and Corporate Governance, Investment, and Audit Committees of that company.

W. Joris Brinkerhoff

Mr. W. Joris Brinkerhoff is Independent Director of Hilltop Holdings Inc., since June 2005. . Brinkerhoff founded a Native American owned joint venture, Doyon Drilling Inc. J.V., in 1981 and served as its operations Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer until selling his venture interests in 1992. Doyon Drilling Inc. J.V. designed, built, leased and operated state of the art mobile drilling rigs for ARCO and British Petroleum in conjunction with their development of the North Slope Alaska petroleum fields. Mr. Brinkerhoff currently manages, on a full-time basis, interests, including oil and gas production, a securities portfolio and various other business interests. He actively participates in numerous philanthropic organizations.

Charles Cummings

Mr. Charles R. Cummings is Independent Director of Hilltop Holdings Inc since October 2005. Mr. Cummings currently serves as the Co-Manager of Acoustical Control LLC, a provider of noise abatement primarily for the oil and gas industry; DQB Solutions, LLC, a service provider to the waste industry; and Argyle Equipment, LLC, a lessor of equipment to the waste industry. In addition, Mr. Cummings is the President and Chief Executive Officer of CB Resources LLC, an investor in the oil and natural gas industry, and Container Investments, LLC, a lessor of equipment to the waste industry, each of which positions he has held since 1999 and 1991, respectively. He also currently serves as Chairman of Aaren Scientific, Inc., a manufacturer of intraocular lenses used in cataract surgery. From 1998 through 2008, he was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aaren Scientific, Inc. and its predecessors. In 1994, Mr. Cummings co-founded I.E.S.I. Corporation, a regional, non-hazardous waste management company, and serving as a director until its sale in 2005. Prior to that, he served as a Managing Director of AEA Investors, Inc., a private investment firm. Prior to 1979, he was a partner with Arthur Young & Company.

J. Markham Green

Mr. J. Markham Green is Independent Director of Hilltop Holdings Inc since February 2004. Mr. Green is a private investor. From 2001 to 2003, he served as Vice Chairman of the Financial Institutions and Governments Group in investment banking at JP Morgan Chase. From 1993 until joining JP Morgan Chase, Mr. Green was involved in the start-up, and served on the boards, of eight companies, including Affordable Residential Communities Inc., the predecessor company to Hilltop Holdings Inc. From 1973 to 1992, Mr. Green served in various capacities at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in investment banking. He was a general partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and co-head of its Financial Services Industry Group. Mr. Green is a member of the board of directors of MENTOR/The National Mentoring Partnership. Mr. Green previously served as Chairman of the Board of PowerOne Media LLC.

Jess Hay

Mr. Jess T. Hay is Independent Director of Hilltop Holdings Inc since March 2009. Mr. Hay is the retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lomas Financial Corporation, formerly a diversified financial services company engaged principally in mortgage banking, retail banking, commercial leasing and real estate lending, and of Lomas Mortgage USA, a mortgage banking institution, from which he retired in December 1994. Since 1987, Mr. Hay has been Chairman of the Texas Foundation for Higher Education, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting higher education in the State of Texas. As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lomas Financial Corporation, which included during his tenure, a total of five different corporations listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Mr. Hay has had experience with all of the functions within the operations of a public company. He is also a director of Viad Corp., and previously served as a director of Trinity Industries, Inc. from 1965 to 2011, Exxon Mobil from 1982 to 2001, SBC Communications (now AT&T) from 1985 to 2004 and MoneyGram International, Inc. from 2004 to 2010.

William Hill

Mr. William T. Hill, Jr., is Independent Director of Hilltop Holdings Inc since April 2008. He currently has his own law firm. Prior to 2012, Mr. Hill was of counsel at Fitzpatrick Hagood Smith & Uhl, a criminal defense firm. Prior to that, Mr. Hill served as the Dallas District Attorney and the Chief Prosecuting Attorney of the Dallas District Attorney’s office. During his tenure at the District Attorney’s office, Mr. Hill restructured the office of 250 lawyers and 150 support personnel, including the computerization of the office in 1999. For more than four decades, Mr. Hill has been a community leader serving on a number of charitable boards and receiving numerous civic awards, including President of the SMU Mustang Board of Directors and Chairman of the Doak Walker Running Back Award for its first year. Mr. Hill currently serves on the board of directors of Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC, Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC and Baylor Hospital Foundation, and is actively involved in the Mercy Street Mission. Mercy Street is a Christian-based organization serving West Dallas children by placing mentors with the children.

W. Robert Nichols

Mr. W. Robert Nichols, III is Independent Director of Hilltop Holdings Inc since April 2008. Mr. Nichols has been a in the construction machinery business since 1966. He is the President of Conley Lott Nichols, a dealer for several manufacturers of construction machinery, with offices in seven Texas cites. He has served on numerous bank and bank holding company boards, including United Mexico Bancorp and Ford Bank Group. Mr. Nichols is active in civic and charitable activities, serving as an active director at M.D. Anderson Hospital, The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Mercy Street and Baylor Hospital Emergency Center capital campaign.
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