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Business First in La. promotes insider as new bank president

Business First Bancshares in Baton Rouge, La., has a new bank president.

The $6.7 billion-asset company said in a press release that Jerry Vascocu had taken on the role. Vascocu, who was the bank’s chief administrative officer, succeeded Jude Melville, who will remain chairman and CEO.

“Jerry’s proven leadership and broad-based banking experience [are] especially relevant to the challenges and opportunities we anticipate facing as we continue to grow our impact on behalf of clients across the regions in which we operate,” Melville said in the release. “Most important, he’s a good person and I look forward to partnering with him in this new role.”

Before joining the bank, he was an executive at Iberiabank and First Horizon.

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