Scott M. Hall was named president of The Jacksonville Bank, a wholly owned subsidiary of Jacksonville Bancorp Inc., effective immediately.
A founding executive of The Jacksonville Bank, Hall served as executive vice president and chief credit offer for the past 15 months and as executive vice president and chief lending officer before that.
Hall succeeds Price W. Schwenck, who has served as interim president since June 23. Schwenck will continue in his role as chairman and CEO of The Jacksonville Bank.
“Scott’s experience in various executive roles at the bank — including credit, relationship management and commercial lending — over the past 12 years made him the natural choice to serve as president,” Schwenck said in a news release.
The commercial and retail banking divisions will report to Hall, who also will lead initiatives to introduce new product lines to serve a broader market and larger business customers.
Hall was transferred to Jacksonville in 1990 with the former Southeast Bank following a year in Miami. He was with First Union National Bank for eight years as vice president and commercial banking relationship manager.
In 1999, he helped establish The Jacksonville Bank as its senior vice president.
He also is active in Jacksonville’s business community. He is Game Day event chair for the Gator Bowl Association and recently ended a five-year term on the board of directors for the Northeast Florida chapter of the NAIOP, formerly called the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.
A Jacksonville native, Hall is a graduate of the University of North Florida. He has lived in Clay County with his wife and children for the past 18 years.
The Jacksonville Bank currently operates eight full-service offices in Jacksonville.