Gulfside Bank Appoints Martin, Saunders Executive Officers

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Thomas Martin and Jeff Saunders have been appointed executive officers of the new Gulfside Bank. Martin will be executive vice president and senior lending officer and Saunders will be executive vice president and chief financial officer. Martin has a long career in both lending and administration having most recently worked with First Citizens Bank, a $35 billion institution. He has worked in the market for over 25 years. As Senior Lending Officer he will manage all aspects of the new bank’s lending function including loan production, credit administration and loan operations. Saunders has been a bank accounting officer for over 25 years. Most recently he was CFO and COO of HomeBanc, a $10-billion bank based in Tampa with an office in Sarasota. Gulfside Bank will be the first new bank to be chartered in Sarasota in over ten years.

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