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Mauldin To Lead Texas Tech Excellence In Banking Program And de la Cruz To Become CEO Of First Financial Hereford Region
HEREFORD, Texas, Oct. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of First Financial Bank, N.A., announced today the promotion of Robert de la Cruz to
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[{"type":"text","content":"HEREFORD, Texas, Oct. 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of First Financial Bank, N.A., announced today the promotion of Robert de la Cruz to Chairman, President and CEO of the Hereford Region upon the announcement that Mike Mauldin will become the inaugural Director of the Excellence in Banking Program at the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University, effective November 1, 2019. \n\"Robert de la Cruz has earned the opportunity to lead our Hereford Region, and Mike Mauldin has done an excellent job preparing Robert for this important leadership role,\" said Ron Butler, Chief Administrative Officer of First Financial Bankshares, Inc. \"We are excited to see another one of our younger management team members being recognized for their contributions to our Bank and being promoted to a position of more responsibility. Additionally, we are excited about Mike Mauldin becoming the first Director of the Excellence in Banking program at Texas Tech.\"\n\"These are great announcements for both the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University and our Bank,\" said Scott Dueser, Chairman, President and CEO of First Financial Bankshares, Inc. \"I can't think of anyone better to lead the Excellence in Banking Program at the Rawls College of Business than Mike Mauldin who has been in the industry more than 42 years, been President of three banks and has served as Chairman, President and CEO of our Hereford Region for the past 17 years with an excellent track record. Mike brings to the Excellence in Banking Program vast knowledge in banking, lending, agriculture, operations, teaching, lobbying at the federal and state level, and is a person who knows almost every banker throughout the State of Texas.\" \n\"We are also fortunate to have such a great successor to Mike in Hereford, and we are excited for Robert on this well-deserved promotion. Robert is a first-generation college graduate and started with our Bank 16 years ago in our contact center and worked up the ladder from there. He will be the sixth Regional President who has started with our Bank right after college, advanced through our numerous training programs and positions within the Bank and has become President of one of our Regional Banks. Robert is also our first Hispanic Regional President, which reflects the importance of diversity in our Company,\" added...