Executive Management

Brian K. Plum, has served as a director of the Company since 2014 and as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since December 2014. Mr. Plum has also served as President of the Bank from December 2014 to April 2018 and from June 2020 to April 2022. Mr. Plum previously held the positions with the Company and the Bank of Executive Vice President from 2010 to 2014, Chief Financial Officer from 2007 to 2014 and Chief Administrative Officer in 2014. Before joining the Company in 2007, he served in several positions with the accounting firm PBMares, LLP in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Mr. Plum is a graduate of Eastern Mennonite University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Economics, of James Madison University with Master of Science in Accounting, and of the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia with a Master of Business Administration. Mr. Plum is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Mr. Plum brings to the Board management and accounting experience as well as his institutional knowledge of the Company and the Bank gained through his role as President and Chief Executive Officer.

Judy C. Gavant, has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the Bank since February 2021 and was named President and director of the Bank in April 2022. She is also Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of VCB Financial Group, Inc. Ms. Gavant has almost 40 years of experience in accounting, taxation, finance, and mergers and acquisitions. From March 2018 until the Company’s merger with Bay Banks, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bay Banks and its bank subsidiary. Prior to joining Bay Banks, Ms. Gavant was Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Xenith Bankshares, Inc. (“Xenith”) from July 2016 until it was acquired by Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation in January 2018. She was Senior Vice President, Controller and Principal Accounting Officer of Xenith from August 2010 until July 2016. Prior to joining Xenith in 2010, Ms. Gavant held a variety of positions with Owens & Minor, Inc., Tredegar Corporation and Dominion Energy, Inc., all publicly traded companies, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Ms. Gavant is a Certified Public Accountant.