"Charlotte, being the headquarters city, presents some unique opportunities or challenges, whichever way you want to look at it," says Denton, 59, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Korea. He acknowledges that people gravitate toward the well-known top executives. "But most of our (Charlotte-based) executives take more of a national or international view," explains Denton, who earned the market president title in 2002. "What we've done reasonably well is to get a lot of the things that would normally
A Wake Forest University graduate with a master's in finance from Georgia State University, Denton's the point person for the nation's largest retail bank in its headquarters city. To involve the bank in a business venture, a promotional event , a civic project or a sponsorship in the Charlotte region, he's the man to see. Getting the word out isn't the easiest task he's faced in his more than three decades as a commercial banker, duties he still performs in addition to his market president role.
go to them directed to me." Denton chairs a monthly meeting at which the local leaders of the bank's area lines of business discuss pending moves, both business and civic. If that sounds like the old city executive role, it is, says Denton, who filled a similar slot as senior bank executive in South Florida during the 1990s. That regional experience comes in handy now that he's back in Charlotte with his wife and son, because he also coordinates statewide initiatives as the bank's North Carolina president. The big change in the market president position is that there's more structure to support it, he adds. "When you come together and talk and understand what sales goals the various business units have," he explains, "you can be smarter as a team in making sure that a particular business line is successful in achieving whatever it is they're trying to do."
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