Jim Gowen Jr., CEO of Newport’s Merchants and Planters Bank has been elected to serve as Board Chair on The Paul W. Barret Jr. School of Banking’s 2022-2023 Board of Regents.
Gowen’s position on the Board of Regents is amongst some of the leading bank professionals from around the country who volunteer their time and diverse perspectives to ensure Barret offers top-notch programs, the bank noted in a media release. The Board is involved in strategic planning, curriculum review, budget oversight, new programming development, scheduling the annual lecture series, and promoting Barret within their banks and state organizations.
The Barret School of Banking, established in 1972, provides continuing financial education and has participants in more than 38 states. Barret is dedicated to providing a world-class learning experience for the career-oriented individual in commercial banking or related financial services industry business.
Merchants and Planters Bank is proud to have a leader who is passionate about community banking and devoted to helping community banks everywhere succeed, the bank said in the release.
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