Hyperion Bancshares reelects eight board
members, hears report on significant growth + strong loan and
deposit demand
PHILADELPHIA, May 21, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- At its annual meeting May 16, shareholders of Hyperion Bancshares,
Inc., Hyperion Bank's holding company, heard from CEO and
Chairman Charlie Crawford, who
notes the bank continues its growth, with significant progress
markers and a healthy outlook.
"2023 was a year of significant growth for the company with the
balance sheet expanding by 27%, driven by strong loan and deposit
demand," says Crawford, a longtime community banker.
The shareholder's meeting also covered the first quarter of
2024, which saw a significant increase in profitability from a year
ago. "Our balance sheet continues to expand with loan growth
of 15% over the last year, with deposits up 13% for this period,"
Crawford says. Total assets of the company are now $427,506,788.
Also of Q1 2024, Crawford notes that the income statement grew
even faster with revenues increasing 38% and net income up 69%.
"Our book value per share has increased by $1.10 since this time last year," he says. "Our
increased profitably was impacted by our strong credit quality and
moderate loan growth resulting in significantly less need for
additional loan loss provision."
At the meeting, Hyperion President & COO Lou DeCesare noted that Hyperion grew its talent
base in the last year with senior-level additions including
Bill Young, Vice President &
Director of Technology Services; Toni
Hughes, CRCM, EVP & Compliance Department Manager; and
Susan Battle, Senior Vice President
& Director of SBA Lending. Young is an IT leader with 25+ years
of experience. Hughes has over 30 years of banking experience,
having held positions at national, regional and community banks in
Credit, Collections, Lending, Operations and most recently
regulatory compliance. Battle has four decades' experience in U.S.
Small Business Administration lending.
The balance of the year, Crawford says, "will have an emphasis
on increased profitability with moderate growth and a never-ending
focus on credit quality."
The meeting also saw the re-election of eight board members;
reelected to serve another year are Crawford; DeCesare; Jill
K. Jinks, Chairman of Insurance House Holdings,
Inc.; James J. McAlpin, Jr., Partner, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP; Robert N.C. Nix, III, Founder and President,
Pleasant News, Inc.; Michael J.
Purcell, retired Audit Partner, Deloitte &
Touché; Lara Rhame, Chief U.S. Economist, FS Investments; and
Gretchen M. Santamour, a Partner in
Philadelphia law firm Stradley
Ronon.
The 17-year-old bank expanded to the Atlanta market in 2019 and in 2020 launched
joint venture Hyperion Mortgage, which now does business in
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina and Tennessee.
Founded in 2006, Hyperion is a full-service community
bank, connecting with customers via technology and highly
accessible, experienced, enthusiastic bankers who have local
decision-making authority. The bank offers a full range of SBA
and non-SBA lending products. Member FDIC. Equal Housing
Lender. Offer of credit is subject to approval.
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