• Hancock Whitney named former Sabal Trust president and CEO Bryant Jones as director of private wealth management, responsible for private wealth offices across the bank’s five-state footprint.
• Travis Brown, a 15-year Sabal Trust associate who led the firm’s largest market in St. Petersburg, was appointed regional wealth manager for Florida, overseeing private wealth management in the Pinellas, Manatee, and Sarasota markets.
• Tim Willard, a Sabal Trust veteran with more than 20 years of commercial banking and wealth leadership who previously facilitated Merrill Lynch’s sales and integration with Bank of America, was named regional wealth manager for Florida, covering Central and North Florida.
• The leadership changes follow the early 2025 Sabal acquisition, which expanded the trust and asset management portfolio by about $3 billion.
• Wealth management assets under management and administration totaled $49 billion as of March 31, 2026.

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