Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 8, 2003

Robert Johnson – Charter Financial Corporation (chfn)

ROBERT L. JOHNSON has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Charter Bank since 1996. Prior to that time, he served as Financial Analyst, then Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He began continuous service with CharterBank in 1984. Mr. Johnson has an undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University and a Master's Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from the University of Alabama. He is a graduate of the Graduate School of Community Bank Management. He is also currently on the Boards of Chattahoochee Valley Hospital Society and is Chairman of The Charter Foundation. Mr. Johnson is also affiliated with the West Point Rotary Club. Mr. Johnson is the son of John W. Johnson, Jr. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a history of Charter Financial Corporation,

as well as an overview?

Mr. Johnson: Charter Financial is actually just a 22-month-old company,

but our bank subsidiary '