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First Horizon Bank (NYSE: FHN) has appointed Jason Triplett as Western North Carolina Area President within its Mid-Atlantic Region, the Memphis, Tennessee-based institution announced on July 1, 2026.
Triplett transitions into the role from his previous position as Head of Commercial Banking and will report to Laura Bunn, who oversees the Mid-Atlantic Region.
What an Area President Does — and Why It Matters An area president is a bank's designated market executive — the person accountable for growing client relationships, directing lending activity, and aligning the institution's full suite of services to the needs of a specific geography.
Naming one signals that a bank sees enough commercial opportunity in a market to dedicate senior leadership to it rather than managing the territory remotely.
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