Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 26, 2003

Manuel Mehos – Coastal Bancorp Inc (cbsa)

MANUEL JOHN MEHOS has been Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Coastal Banc, Inc., and Coastal Banc ssb since February 1986. He was a member of the Finance Commission of Texas from June 1996 to August 2002 and a member of the Board of Directors of America's Community Bankers from January 1996 to November 2001. Mr. Mehos was a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas from 1991 to 1996, Chairman of the Board from January 1994 to January 1995 and Vice Chairman from January 1995 to December 1996. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Texas Savings and Community Bankers from 1991 to 1995 and served as Chairman of the Board from June 1993 to June 1994. From 1980 to 1985 he was in securities sales with Goldman Sachs & Co. and from 1978 to 1980 he was a Certified Public Accountant with Peet Marwick & Mitchell. Mr. Mehos received a Master's degree in Business Administration (Finance) and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration (Accounting) from the University of Texas at Austin. Profile
TWST: Would you begin with a brief historical sketch of Coastal Bancorp

and a picture of the things you're doing at the present time?

Mr. Mehos: Coastal Banc was founded in 1986. A group of