ABILENE,
Texas, Feb. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- First
Financial Bankshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIN) (the "Company") recently
announced the naming of Eric Bonnell
to Senior Vice President (SVP) and Director of Enterprise Risk
Management. This newly created position will ensure a proactive
approach to risk management and provide greater transparency.
"Eric brings a wealth of expertise that will undoubtedly
strengthen our organization. His experience will be very valuable
as we ensure the Company's risk governance framework evolves and
matures as we continue to grow," said Randy
Roewe, EVP and Chief Risk Officer of First Financial
Bankshares, Inc.
Bonnell is joining First Financial from a $21 billion bank, where he was instrumental in
developing their enterprise risk management framework (ERM) as they
matured over the $10B asset-size
regulatory threshold and beyond. He has also served in a number of
other operational and risk management-related roles within the
financial services and insurance industries that bring valuable
experience. In this newly created position at First Financial, Eric
will play an essential role in overseeing our ERM structure and
keeping the Board of Directors, Executive Management Team, and
regulators informed.
Eric is a native of New York,
where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from
Manhattan College and a Master of
Science in Computer Information Systems from Iona College. He graduated from the ABA's Stonier
Graduate School of Banking and Wharton Leadership Program at the
University of Pennsylvania. He holds
the designations of Certified Information Privacy Professional
(CIPP/US), Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control
(CRISC), and Certified Information Systems Security Professional
(CISSP).
About First Financial Bankshares, Inc.
Headquartered
in Abilene, Texas, First Financial
Bankshares, Inc. is a financial holding company that through its
wholly-owned subsidiary, First Financial Bank, N.A., operates
multiple banking regions with 79 locations in Texas, including Abilene, Acton, Albany, Aledo, Alvarado, Beaumont, Boyd, Bridgeport, Brock, Bryan,
Burleson, College Station, Cisco, Cleburne, Clyde, Conroe, Cut and Shoot, Decatur, Eastland, El
Campo, Fort Worth,
Franklin, Fulshear, Glen
Rose, Granbury,
Grapevine, Hereford, Huntsville, Lumberton, Keller, Kingwood, Magnolia, Mauriceville, Merkel, Midlothian, Mineral
Wells, Montgomery,
Moran, New Waverly, Newton, Odessa, Orange, Palacios, Port
Arthur, Ranger,
Rising Star, Roby, San
Angelo, Southlake,
Spring, Stephenville, Sweetwater, Tomball, Trent, Trophy
Club, Vidor, Waxahachie, Weatherford, Willis, and Willow
Park. The Company also operates First Financial Trust and
Asset Management Company, N.A., with nine locations and First
Technology Services, Inc., a technology operating company. The
Company is listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the
trading symbol FFIN. For more information about First Financial,
please visit our website at http://www.ffin.com.
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