PIKEVILLE, KENTUCKY: Mark A. Gooch, Chairman, President and CEO of Community Trust Bancorp, Inc., is pleased to announce that Jimmy D. Fitzwater has been promoted to the position of Advantage Valley Market President of Community Trust Bank, Inc.
Mr. Fitzwater’s responsibilities include providing consumer, residential, and commercial lending options to new and existing clients, as well as offering a variety of financial solutions to individuals and businesses including the acceptance of time and demand deposits, providing cash management services to corporate and individual customers; issuing letters of credit; renting safe deposit boxes, and providing electronic banking and funds transfer services. The Advantage Valley Market is comprised of the West Virginia counties of Cabell, Lincoln and Wayne with offices in Huntington, Alum Creek, Hamlin and Fort Gay. His office is located at 952 Third Avenue in Huntington, West Virginia.
Mr. Fitzwater has over 41 years of business and commercial banking experience. He has worked as a commercial loan officer at Community Trust Bank since 2019. He graduated from Glenville State University in Glenville, West Virginia where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration. He also graduated from the University of South Carolina Bankers School in Columbia, South Carolina.
Mr. Fitzwater is a nominee for the Board of Directors for the Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce. He is a past Board Chair and current Board member and Treasurer of Goodwill Industries of KYOWVA, Inc. He is a past board member of the Huntington Area Development Council and of the Glenville State College Foundation. He is a member and Deacon/Trustee of the Fellowship Baptist Church in Barboursville, West Virginia. He and his wife Melony reside in Culloden, West Virginia.
“Jimmy brings with him a wealth of experience in both retail business banking and lending, along with deep roots in West Virginia,” said Mr. Gooch. “We look forward to continued success in the many counties we serve as we strive to offer our customers exemplary customer service for their financial needs.”
Community Trust Bancorp, Inc., with assets of $6.4 billion, is headquartered in Pikeville, Kentucky and has 72 banking locations across eastern, northeastern, central, and south central Kentucky, six banking locations in southern West Virginia, three banking locations in Tennessee, four trust offices across Kentucky, and one trust office in Tennessee.