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Gilbert Pomar III, former president and CEO of The Jacksonville Bank, was appointed to the newly created position of market president of the Northeast Florida Region for CenterState Bank of Florida, the lead subsidiary bank of CenterState Banks Inc.
“Although the CenterState name is not familiar in Jacksonville now, it soon will be,” Pomar said in a statement.
CenterState Banks is based in Davenport, between Orlando and Tampa, and was formed in June 2000 as a merger of three independent commercial banks.
The company operates through its two subsidiary banks with 52 branch locations in 14 counties in Central Florida.
Pomar served for 12 years with The Jacksonville Bank and 11 years as senior vice president
and commercial banking man-ager for First Union National Bank in Jacksonville.
A graduate of the University of Florida, Pomar is a third-generation Jacksonville native.
In May, the parent companies of The Jacksonville Bank and Oceanside Bank agreed to merge, with Oceanside merging into the Jacksonville Bank.
Pomar, as president of Jacksonville Bancorp Inc., became president of the combined banks, while Oceanside President Barry Chandler became City President of the Beaches offices.
Pomar resigned as Jacksonville Bancorp’s president and CEO as of June 23, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CEO Price Schwenck assumed the position of president and CEO.