Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> October 3, 2003
DENNIS S. HUDSON III is President, Chief Executive Officer,
Secretary/Treasurer and a Director of Seacoast Banking Corporation of
Florida. He was Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer with
Seacoast from 1990 to1998. He has also been Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of First National Bank & Trust Company of the Treasure Coast
since 1998 and a Director since 1983. He was President and Chief
Executive Officer of First National Bank & Trust Company of the Treasure
Coast from 1992 to1998, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer from 1990 to1992, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer from 1985 to1990, Assistant Vice President and Controller from
1980 to1985 and Commercial Loan Officer from 1978 to1981. He is
currently on the Board of the Martin County YMCA Foundation, Council on
Aging, and St. Michael's Independent School. He serves as Chairman of
the Economic Council of Martin County. In past years, he has served on
the Boards of the Historical Society of Martin County, the American
Heart Association, the Job Training Center and Martin County United Way
(serving as President for two years and Fund-Raising Chairman for one)
and as an affiliate of Martin Memorial Health Systems. Mr. Hudson is a
former Board member of Community Bankers of Florida and the Florida
Bankers Association. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in
Finance/Accounting from Florida State University and a Master of
Business Administration degree from Florida State University. Profile
region in which you operate?
Mr. Hudson: We operate on the East Coast of Florida, which is not only
populated with a lot of
