American National names executive vice president

Published July 6, 2016 by Robert Powell, III

Danville-based American National Bankshares Inc., the parent company of American National Bank and Trust Co., has named Ramsey K. Hamadi executive vice president of the holding company and the bank.

Hamadi has 23 years of financial industry and accounting experience with 14 of those years spent as a chief financial officer of regional community banks.

He most recently was with NewBridge Bank, a community bank based in Greensboro, N.C. His expertise ranges from cost management, business development and accretive acquisitions to acute financial modeling and capital planning.

An alumnus of Maryville University and the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Hamadi served for six years in the U.S. Marine Corps during which time he was named staff sergeant. He is a member of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants and the Financial Managers Society.

American National Bankshares has total assets of approximately $1.6 billion. American National Bank and Trust has  25 banking offices and two loan production offices.