A. Thomas Hood
Description A. THOMAS HOOD is President and Chief Executive Officer of First Financial and First Federal. Mr. Hood began his career with First Federal in 1975 and was named President and Chief Executive Officer of First Federal in February of 1995, and President and Chief Executive Officer of First Financial in July of 1996. He was elected to the Board of Directors in 1987. Mr. Hood had served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company from February 1, 1995 through June 30, 1996. Mr. Hood served as Treasurer of the Company and its Chief Financial Officer from 1984 until 1996. Mr. Hood was named President and Chief Executive Officer of First Federal effective February 1, 1995. Prior to that time, he had been Executive Vice President and Treasurer of First Federal since 1984. He is a graduate of The Citadel and is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Hood serves on the Board of the Charleston Education Network, a public education advocacy organization. He is also a member of the Focus Partners, a group focused on funding new initiatives in public education. He has served as a member of the Executive Committee and past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Trident United Way (TUW). Mr. Hood is also involved in numerous professional and community organizations, including the Board of Directors of the Business Development Corporation of South Carolina. He also serves as a member and is Treasurer of the Trident CEO Council, is Chairman of the Charleston Regional Health Council and serves on the Board and Executive Committee and is past Chairman of the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce. He is also a director of The Education Foundation and the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce's BAC-PAC. He is also a past director of the Charleston Regional Development Alliance and he serves as a director for The Salvation Army where he is past Chairman of the Advisory Board and a recipient of the Others award. He previously served as a member of the Thrift Industry Advisory Committee, an advisory group to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and as a member and Chairman of the Financial Institutions Accounting Committee, a national banking trade association committee. Dec. 10, 2009 -- First Financial Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:FFCH) and First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Charleston today announced the additions to its executive management team also Other members of our executive management team include A. Thomas Hood, President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Hood, the former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and First Federal, will continue to serve as President of First Federal. He will also continue to serve as a director on the Boards of Directors of the Company and First Federal. Mr. Hood intends to retire in June 2011. To view the detailed information, you need to SUBSCRIBE with us. |
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