Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> April 4, 2001

Ernest Roessler – National Commerce Bancorporation (ncbc)

ERNEST C. ROESSLER is President and CEO of National Commerce Bancorporation. He joined Central Carolina Bank (CCB) in September 1998 as Executive Vice President and CFO and was named President and CEO in April 1993 and Chairman of the Board in April 1998. In July 2000, Mr. Roessler became President and CEO of National Commerce Bancorporation following its merger of equals with CCB. He has more than 37 years of experience in the financial industry, including one year as Senior Vice President and CFO of Lane Financial, Inc. and spent 24 years with Mellon Bank. Mr. Roessler received a BA from Dartmouth College and a MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, concentration in finance and marketing. Profile
TWST: Could we begin with a brief historical sketch of the company and

then a picture of things as they are now?

Mr. Roessler: Our recent history dates back to about a year ago

yesterday when