NCBT Adds Three Professionals to Charlotte Office

November 9, 2009

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- North Carolina Bank and Trust (NCBT) announced that Cutter D. Davis, Jr., Andrew B. Griffin and Tasha C. Smith have joined the company.

Davis and Griffin joined NCBT as senior vice presidents in the commercial banking division and will focus mainly on privately held middle market companies in the Charlotte region. Smith is project coordinator responsible for administration for the North Carolina bank.

Cutter Davis

With over 19 years of banking experience, Davis came to NCBT from Wachovia, where he was a senior vice president and senior relationship manager in the commercial banking division. Previously he worked in Wachovia's corporate and investment banking group and in human resources. Prior to joining Wachovia, Davis was with RBC Bank's commercial markets group.

A native of Charlotte, Davis received an undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an MBA from the Babcock School of Wake Forest University.

Andrew Griffin

Griffin, who has over 16 years experience, joins NCBT from Wachovia, where he was a senior vice president and senior relationship manager in its commercial banking division. Prior to that, he was a vice president in Wachovia's corporate and investment banking group. Before joining Wachovia, he was a corporate loan officer with BB&T.

Griffin is a native of Charlotte. He has an undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University, and an MBA from Wake Forest'sBabcock School.

Tasha Smith

With 11 years experience in banking, Smith comes to NCBT from RBC Bank, where she was director of administration for its commercial markets group in the United States. Also at RBC, Smith served as the human resources business partner responsible for western North Carolina and South Carolina.

Smith is a native of Hendersonville, and a graduate of Western Carolina University.

North Carolina Bank and Trust (NCBT) focuses on commercial middle market banking, business banking, and private banking, and operates three locations in Mecklenburg County in North Carolina. NCBT is a division of SCBT, N.A., a subsidiary of SCBT Financial Corporation, which was named in Forbes as one of the 100 Most Trustworthy Companies in America. SCBT Financial Corporation has assets of approximately $2.8 billion and its stock is traded under the symbol SCBT in the NASDAQ Global Select Market. More information can be found at www.NCBTonline.com.

    Source: SCBT Financial Corporation
Contact: North Carolina Bank and Trust Robinson Lyle, 704-526-3627