First Tennessee promotes Bo Allen to president, Bruce Hopkins to chairman for West Tennessee
May 24 2016 - 4:15PM
Louis F. “Bo” Allen Jr., executive vice president and manager of
commercial banking for First Tennessee’s West Tennessee region,
will be promoted to West Tennessee president on June 30. Bruce
Hopkins, who has been First Tennessee’s West Tennessee president
since 2011, will become chairman of the region.
“Bruce has been an energetic, committed, highly engaged leader
of our outstanding West Tennessee banking team, and we are very
pleased that he will continue to provide leadership as chairman of
the region that includes our largest market and our corporate
headquarters city,” said David Popwell, president of banking for
First Tennessee’s parent company, First Horizon National Corp.
(NYSE:FHN). “Bo brings a wealth of experience and natural
leadership skills to our executive team. We are pleased to
promote such a talented banker from our team to the president’s
role.”
Bo Allen, 48, will report to David Popwell as West Tennessee
president. He joined First Tennessee in 2009 as EVP and manager of
commercial banking for West Tennessee. He has almost 25 years of
banking experience and serves on the boards of ArtsMemphis,
Christian Brothers University and The Orpheum Theatre. He earned
his bachelor’s degree in business from the University of
Mississippi and his MBA from CBU. He and his wife Elizabeth
have three boys.
Bruce Hopkins, 66, will provide community leadership, mentoring
and business development in his role as West Tennessee chairman. He
joined First Tennessee 30 years ago and managed private client,
trust and wealth management before being named West Tennessee
president in April 2011. Hopkins has served on the boards of St.
Jude Children’s Research Hospital, ALSAC, ArtsMemphis, Trezevant
Manor, the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce, the 100 Club of
Memphis and the New Memphis Institute. He was general campaign
chair of United Way of the Mid-South in 2013 and received the
Golden Eagle Award for outstanding community service from the Boys
and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis in 2014. He earned his
bachelor’s degree from Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, Va.,
and is a graduate of the LSU School of Banking. He and his wife
Janie have three boys and just had their first
grandchild.
About First TennesseeFirst Tennessee Bank is
the largest bank headquartered in Tennessee, with the number one
deposit market share in Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis and the
Tri-Cities and a top-five deposit market share in Nashville. The
FTB Advisors wealth management group has 313 financial advisors and
$25 billion in assets under administration. First Tennessee
was founded during the Civil War in 1864 and has the 14th oldest
national bank charter in the country and one of the highest
customer retention rates of any bank in the country. First
Tennessee, FTN Financial and FTB Advisors are part of First Horizon
National Corp. (NYSE:FHN), which has 4,300 employees and is
headquartered in Memphis, Tenn. First Horizon has been recognized
as one of the nation's best employers by Working Mother and
American Banker. More information is available at
www.FirstTennessee.com.
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Contact:
James Dowd, JEDowd@FirstTennessee.com, (901)523-4305
Bo Allen, LFAllen@FirstTennessee.com, (901)681-2691
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