People: Bank of Ozarks Inc (OZRK.O)
OZRK.O on Nasdaq
43.69USD
24 May 2013
43.69USD
24 May 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
George Gleason |
59 | 1979 | Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank |
Dan Thomas |
50 | 2013 | Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Lending Officer; President of the Bank’s Real Estate Specialties Group |
Greg McKinney |
44 | 2010 | Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer of the Company and the Bank |
Scott Hastings |
55 | 2003 | President of Bank’s Leasing Division |
Gene Holman |
65 | 2004 | President of Bank’s Mortgage Division |
Rex Kyle |
55 | 2004 | President of Bank’s Trust and Wealth Management Division |
Mark Ross |
57 | 2013 | Chief Operating Officer of the Company and the Bank |
Darrel Russell |
58 | 2011 | Chief Credit Officer; Chairman of the Loan Committee of the Bank |
Tyler Vance |
38 | 2011 | Chief Banking Officer of Company and the Bank |
Linda Gleason |
58 | 1987 | Director |
Peter Kenny |
2013 | Director | |
Jean Arehart |
72 | 2004 | Independent Director |
Nicholas Brown |
54 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Richard Cisne |
62 | 2004 | Independent Director |
Robert East |
65 | 1997 | Independent Director |
Henry Mariani |
74 | 1997 | Independent Director |
Robert Proost |
76 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Robert Qualls |
80 | 1997 | Presiding Independent Director |
John Reynolds |
48 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Sherece West-Scantlebury |
47 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
George Gleason |
Mr. George G. Gleason, II, is Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Bank Of The Ozarks Inc., and Bank Of The Ozarks, since 1979. He holds a B.A. in Business and Economics from Hendrix College and a J.D. from the University of Arkansas. |
Dan Thomas |
Mr. Dan Thomas is Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Lending Officer of Bank of Ozarks, Inc., and President of the Bank’s Real Estate Specialties Group. Mr. Thomas joined Bank of the Ozarks as Executive Vice President in 2003 and later formed the RESG in Dallas, Texas to originate and service and complex real estate lending transactions. He was named President of RESG in 2005 and was given the additional role of Chief Lending Officer for Bank of the Ozarks in 2012. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Thomas held various positions with commercial real estate management and development firms, with Ernst and Young LLP, and with the global law firm of Baker & McKenzie, where he focused primarily on real estate services, management, investing and strategic structuring. Mr. Thomas is a Certified Public Accountant and is a licensed attorney in Arkansas and Texas. He holds a B.S.B.A. from the University of Arkansas, an M.B.A. from the University of North Texas, a J.D. from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, and an LL.M. (Taxation) from Southern Methodist University School of Law. |
Greg McKinney |
Mr. Greg L. McKinney is Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer of Bank Of The Ozarks Inc., and Bank Of The Ozarks, since December 31, 2010. Mr. McKinney joined the Company in 2003 and served as Executive Vice President and Controller. From 2001 to 2003 Mr. McKinney served as a member of the financial leadership team of a publicly-traded software development and data management company. From 1991 to 2000 he held various positions with a big-four public accounting firm, leaving as senior audit manager when the firm closed its Little Rock office. Mr. McKinney is a C.P.A. and holds a B.S. in Accounting from Louisiana Tech University. |
Scott Hastings |
Mr. Scott Hastings is President of Bank’s Leasing Division of Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. From 2001 to 2002 he served as division president of the leasing division of a diversified national financial services firm. From 1995 to 2001 he served in several key positions including President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of regional bank’s leasing subsidiary. Mr. Hastings holds a B.A. degree from the University of Arkansas-Little Rock. |
Gene Holman |
Mr. Gene Holman is President of Bank’s Mortgage Division of Bank Of The Ozarks Inc. Prior to 2004 Mr. Holman served as President and Chief Operating Officer of a competitor mortgage company and held various senior management positions with that company during his 21-year tenure. Mr. Holman has 37 years of real estate and mortgage banking experience. Mr. Holman is a C.P.A. and received B.S.B.A. in Accounting from the University of Mississippi. |
Rex Kyle |
Mr. Rex W. Kyle is President of Bank’s Trust and Wealth Management Division of Bank Of The Ozarks Inc. Prior to 2004 Mr. Kyle was Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer in the trust division of a competitor bank. Mr. Kyle has 33 years experience as a banking trust professional providing a wide array of asset management and trust services for individuals, businesses and government entities. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Agricultural Economics and a J.D. from Texas A&M University. |
Mark Ross |
Mr. Mark D. Ross is Chief Operating Officer of Bank Of The Ozarks Inc., and Bank Of The Ozarks. He is no longer Vice Chairman of the Board of the Company effective April 15, 2013. Mr. Ross has served in various capacities for the Company or the Bank since 1980. He was elected as a director of the Company in 1992 and was elected as Vice Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer in 2002. In May 2011 the Company decided to utilize the title of President to designate leaders of divisions and market areas, and at that time Mr. Ross’ title was changed to Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Ross holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Hendrix College. |
Darrel Russell |
Mr. Darrel Russell is Chief Credit Officer and Chairman of the Loan Committee of Bank of the Ozarks, a subsidiary Company of Bank Of The Ozarks Inc., since May 2011. Prior to assuming his role as Chief Credit Officer and Chairman of the Loan Committee in May 2011, Mr. Russell served as President of the Bank’s Central Division since 2001 and as Co-Chairman of the Loan Committee since 2007. He joined the Bank in 1983 and served as Executive Vice President of the Bank from 1997 to 2001 and Senior Vice President of the Bank from 1992 to 1997. Prior to 1992 Mr. Russell served in various positions with the Bank. He received a B.S.B.A. in Banking and Finance from the University of Arkansas. |
Tyler Vance |
Mr. Tyler A. Vance is Chief Banking Officer of Bank Of The Ozarks Inc., and Bank Of The Ozarks, since May 2011. He was Executive Vice President of Retail Banking since 2009. Mr. Vance joined the Company in 2006 and served as Senior Vice President from 2006 to 2009. From 2001 to 2006 Mr. Vance served as CFO of a competitor bank. From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Vance held various positions with a big-four public accounting firm. Mr. Vance is a C.P.A. and holds a B.A. in Accounting from Ouachita Baptist University. |
Linda Gleason |
Ms. Linda D. Gleason is Director of Bank Of The Ozarks Inc., since 1987. From 1992 to 1996 Ms. Gleason served as the Company’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Assistant Secretary. She attended Arkansas State University and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. |
Peter Kenny |
Mr. Peter Kenny has been appointed as Director of Bank of Ozarks, Inc., effective April 15, 2013. Mr. Kenny is Managing Director of Institutional Sales Trading at Knight Capital Americas, L.P. (“Knight”). He has more than 25 years of experience in the equity trading industry. Prior to joining Knight, he was a member of the New York Stock Exchange for two decades, serving six of those years as a New York Stock Exchange Senior Floor Official in addition to holding positions on several boards and prominent committees at the Exchange. Mr. Kenny appears regularly as an equity market commentator in various broadcasting venues and publications such as CNN, CNBC, Fox Business, Reuters, BBC and Bloomberg TV, radio and print. His “Kenny’s Commentary” daily morning note is read and used by most media outlets in the Americas and the European Union. Additionally, it is one of the most widely read notes on Wall Street and in the financial community. Mr. Kenny has degrees in Economics and Political Science from Warren Wilson College in North Carolina. |
Jean Arehart |
Ms. Jean Arehart is Independent Director of Bank Of The Ozarks Inc. Ms. Arehart is a retired Senior Lending Officer and retired Chairman of the Loan Committee of the Bank. Ms. Arehart joined the Bank in 1996 and served in several capacities, including Executive Vice President, President of the Mortgage Division, Senior Lending Officer and Chairman of the Loan Committee until her retirement in January 2005. Prior to 1996 Ms. Arehart served as Senior Vice President and a member of the Executive Committee of Twin City Bank (now U.S. Bank, formerly Firstar Bank of Arkansas, formerly Mercantile Bank of Arkansas), where she worked from 1979 to 1996. |
Nicholas Brown |
Mr. Nicholas Brown is Independent Director of Bank of the Ozarks, Inc., since 2012. Mr. Brown is currently the President and CEO of Southwest Power Pool (SPP) in Little Rock, Arkansas. SPP is one of nine Regional Transmission Organizations, mandated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure reliable supplies of power, adequate transmission infrastructure and competitive wholesale prices of electricity. He has served SPP in multiple capacities since 1985, including that of a Senior Engineer, Director of Engineering and Operations, Vice President, Senior Vice President and Corporate Secretary. Mr. Brown holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Louisiana Tech University and a B.S. in Physics and Math from Ouachita Baptist University. He is active in numerous civic groups, including the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce, as a member of Fifty for the Future and as a member of the board of directors of the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. |
Richard Cisne |
Mr. Richard L. Cisne is Independent Director of Bank Of The Ozarks Inc., since 2004. Since 1987 Mr. Cisne has been a founding partner of Hudson, Cisne & Co., an Arkansas C.P.A. firm. He holds a B.S.B.A. from the University of Arkansas and is a C.P.A. |
Robert East |
Mr. Robert C. East is Independent Director of Bank Of The Ozarks Inc., since July 1997. Mr. East is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Robert East Company, Inc., an investment company, Chairman of East-Harding, Inc., a general contracting firm, and Managing Partner in Advanced Cabling Systems LLC, a provider of fiber optic cable installations and security systems. He is also a partner or owner of numerous real estate projects and other investments. Mr. East holds a B.A. in Finance and Administration from the University of Arkansas. |
Henry Mariani |
Mr. Henry J. Mariani is Independent Director of Bank Of The Ozarks Inc., since July 1997. Mr. Mariani is Chairman of N.L.C. Products, Inc., a manufacturing, wholesale and retail mail order operation with four catalogs featuring executive gifts, Irish gifts, female gifts and hunting equipment and supplies. Prior to 2008 Mr. Mariani served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of N.L.C. Products, Inc. He holds a B.S. in Finance from Penn State University and is a C.P.A. |
Robert Proost |
Mr. Robert L. Proost is Independent Director of Bank Of The Ozarks Inc., since 2011. Mr. Proost is retired and from 1988 through 2001 served as Corporate Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director of Administration for A. G. Edwards, Inc., where he also served as a director and member of the executive committee. Prior to that Mr. Proost practiced law, specializing in corporate, securities and banking law with a St. Louis, Missouri law firm from 1965 through 1988. Mr. Proost also served on the board of directors of Baldor Electric Company, a marketer, designer and manufacturer of electric motors, drives and generators based in Fort Smith, Arkansas from 1988 until it was acquired by a third party in 2011. Mr. Proost holds a B.A. in Political Science from St. Louis University and a J.D. from Washington University Law School. |
Robert Qualls |
Dr. Robert L. Qualls is Presiding Independent Director of Bank Of The Ozarks Inc., since July 1997. Dr. Qualls is retired President and Chief Executive Officer of Baldor Electric Company, a marketer, designer and manufacturer of electric motors, drives and generators based in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Dr. Qualls served on the board of directors of Baldor from 1987 until it was acquired by a third party in 2011. From 1993 to 1998 he served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Baldor and was Vice Chairman from 1998 to 2000. Effective February 1, 2011 Dr. Qualls was appointed co-chairman of Taylor Companies, an international merger and acquisition company headquartered in Washington, D.C. Dr. Qualls holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Economics from Mississippi State University and completed his doctoral work in Economics at Louisiana State University. |
John Reynolds |
Dr. John Reynolds is Independent Director of Bank of the Ozarks, Inc., since 2012. Dr. Reynolds is currently the Pathologist and Laboratory Director for Memorial Hospital in Bainbridge, Georgia, a position he has held since 1995. He served as Chief of Staff of that hospital from 2002 through 2004. Dr. Reynolds is a Fellow in the College of American Pathologists and is Board Certified in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology. He holds a B.S. from Emory University and an M.D. from Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Reynolds has holdings in timber and agricultural land. He also previously served for 14 years as a board member or advisory board member of a bank in Bainbridge, Georgia. |
Sherece West-Scantlebury |
Dr. Sherece West-Scantlebury is Independent Director of Bank of the Ozarks, Inc., since 2012. Dr. West-Scantlebury is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation, a private, independent foundation whose mission is to improve the lives of all Arkansans in three interrelated areas: economic development; education; and economic, racial, and social justice. Involved in philanthropy for close to 20 years, she served as CEO of the Foundation for Louisiana and as a program associate at the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Her professional career includes experience in community development, public policy and advocacy, and public service. Dr. West-Scantlebury holds a B.A. from Bowie State University, an M.A. in Public Policy from the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Dr. West-Scantlebury is active in a number of nonprofits and philanthropic organizations. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
George Gleason |
3,483,390 |
Dan Thomas |
1,447,970 |
Greg McKinney |
655,103 |
Scott Hastings |
241,929 |
Gene Holman |
215,413 |
Rex Kyle |
318,383 |
Mark Ross |
686,011 |
Darrel Russell |
335,906 |
Tyler Vance |
599,393 |
Linda Gleason |
-- |
Peter Kenny |
-- |
Jean Arehart |
236,792 |
Nicholas Brown |
-- |
Richard Cisne |
-- |
Robert East |
-- |
Henry Mariani |
-- |
Robert Proost |
-- |
Robert Qualls |
-- |
John Reynolds |
-- |
Sherece West-Scantlebury |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
George Gleason |
120,600 | 3,410,338 |
Dan Thomas |
6,600 | 209,770 |
Greg McKinney |
4,600 | 158,010 |
Scott Hastings |
0 | 0 |
Gene Holman |
2,200 | 10,530 |
Rex Kyle |
5,800 | 226,547 |
Mark Ross |
67,300 | 1,406,818 |
Darrel Russell |
10,700 | 185,010 |
Tyler Vance |
6,600 | 206,100 |
Linda Gleason |
0 | 0 |
Peter Kenny |
0 | 0 |
Jean Arehart |
25,000 | 521,920 |
Nicholas Brown |
0 | 0 |
Richard Cisne |
0 | 0 |
Robert East |
0 | 0 |
Henry Mariani |
0 | 0 |
Robert Proost |
0 | 0 |
Robert Qualls |
0 | 0 |
John Reynolds |
0 | 0 |
Sherece West-Scantlebury |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
ROSS MARK D |
8,000 | $44.31 |
ROSS MARK D |
1,150 | $0.00 |
ROSS MARK D |
10,000 | $43.95 |
KENNY PETER C |
2,000 | $40.74 |
AREHART JEAN |
1,000 | $40.40 |
BROWN NICHOLAS A |
700 | $40.14 |
REYNOLDS JOHN B |
655 | $40.42 |
SMITH HARLEY KENNITH |
2,000 | $38.52 |
SMITH HARLEY KENNITH |
2,000 | $12.34 |
GLEASON GEORGE G II |
2,000 | $12.42 |
GLEASON GEORGE G II |
30,000 | $16.03 |
GLEASON LINDA D |
13,310 | $37.85 |
GLEASON LINDA D |
2,000 | $37.98 |
GLEASON GEORGE G II |
2,000 | $37.98 |
ROSS MARK D |
22,430 | $37.80 |
GLEASON GEORGE G II |
30,000 | $37.95 |
GLEASON LINDA D |
30,000 | $16.03 |
GLEASON LINDA D |
2,000 | $12.42 |
GLEASON GEORGE G II |
13,310 | $37.85 |
GLEASON LINDA D |
30,000 | $37.95 |
RUSSELL R DARREL |
1,064 | $37.94 |
EAST ROBERT C |
4,000 | $37.56 |
EAST ROBERT C |
4,000 | $7.87 |
VANCE TYLER A |
1,600 | $37.01 |
MCKINNEY GREGORY L |
5,000 | $36.99 |

