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sim served as a manager in the audit division of Elliot Davis’ banking and financial services department. Felicia Tharp has joined CresCom as an account services/call center supervisor. Tharp’s responsibili es include managing account services and overseeing the call center team. Tharp is based out of the bank’s opera ons department in its Charleston-based West Ashley branch. First Ci zens Barry Blakely has joined First Ci zens’ in-house broker dealer, First Ci zens Securi es, as a sales assistant. He graduated from Clemson University with a degree in marke ng and is based at the company’s East Greenville office. Chris Bradham has been named First Ci zens’ agricultural business rela onship manager and vice president for the company’s Darlington, Florence, Lee County and Sumter markets. Bradham comes to First Ci zens with more than eight years of experience in the agricultural lending industry. Bradham is a graduate of Clemson University in Clemson, S.C., and holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural mechaniza on and business. Bradham operates from the company’s Bultman office. Kevin Glass has been promoted to Private Banking Director for First Ci zens’ South Carolina region. Glass, who has served as the bank’s Augusta Commercial Area Execu ve for the past 18 months, has worked with his team to grow the First Ci zens brand and commercial client base. He will be based out of the historic Brennen Building in
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downtown Columbia. Glass joined First Ci zens in August 2008 as a commercial rela onship manager. A University of South Carolina-Aiken graduate with a bachelor’s degree in business, Glass is also a graduate of the Stonier School of Banking, University of Pennsylvania. Norm Kirkwood has joined First Ci zens’ in-house broker dealer, First Ci zens Securi es, as a financial advisor and vice president for the Anderson area. A graduate of Anderson College, Kirkwood earned his Chartered Re rement Planning Counselor (CRPC) designa on from the College of Financial Planning. He is based at the company’s East Greenville office. Janet Shaver has joined First Ci zens as a private banking rela onship manager and vice president for the company’s Wealth Management team. Shaver brings more than 17 years of wealth management experience to First Ci zens. Shaver holds Series 7 and 63 licenses. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administra on from Kutztown (Pa.) University and is based at the company’s East Bay office. First Community Corp. As part of Lexington-based First Community Corp.’s proposed acquisi on of Savannah River Financial Corp., Savannah River CEO Randy Po er, along with Paul Simon and Leland Reynolds, all current Savannah River board members, will be included as members of the First Community board of directors. Po er will serve the combined company in a consul ng role for a one-year period. Jeff Spears, president of Savannah River,
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will remain as the regional president of the central Savannah River area market. Independence Bancshares Inc. Independence Bancshares Inc., the holding company for Independence Naonal Bank, has added former Verizon Wireless execu ves Aditya Khurjekar and Humphrey Chen to help the company build out its mobile technology and banking capabili es. Previously, Khurjekar was responsible for leading a number of mobile payments and commerce ini a ves at Verizon. He established pioneering partnerships in mobile money involving mobile operators, financial ins tu ons and technology innovators. Prior to joining Independence, Chen founded Verizon’s 4G Venture Forum and was execu ve director of New Product Technologies, responsible for innova on and capital investments in emerging technologies. He has also held execu ve posi ons at Avaya, Microso and the U.S. Federal Communica ons Commission Wireless Bureau. Independence Bancshares has added three new members to its board: Robert B. Willumstad, the former president and chief opera ng officer of Ci group; Alvin Hageman, the former co-head of Ci group’s Securi za on Products Group and senior credit officer; and Keith Stock, former president of MasterCard Advisors LLC, member of the MasterCard Worldwide Opera ng Commi ee and Management Council, and senior partner at A.T. Kearney, Capgemini, Ernst & Young, and McKinsey & Company. See Transac ons, Page 32 31