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

F.scott Bauer – Southern Community Financial Corporation (scmf)

F. SCOTT BAUER is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Community Financial Corporation. In creating the model for what would become Southern Community, Mr. Bauer drew from extensive experience. A native of Winston-Salem, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BS degree in Business Administration and later received a Master's degree in Banking from the prestigious Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Delaware. He spent the first five years of his banking career at Wachovia Bank before joining Northwestern Bank as a commercial banker. After Northwestern was acquired by First Union, he continued to sell corporate services to middle-market companies. In 1989, he moved to Southern National Bank and later became the bank's city executive in Winston-Salem. Shortly after Southern National Bank was acquired by BB&T, Mr. Bauer resigned to devote his time to forming Southern Community. Profile
TWST: Would you give us an overview of Southern Community Financial?

Mr. Bauer: Our home base is Forsyth County, but we are actually

headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. You might