Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 25, 2001
R. Roderick Porter has served as President and Chief Operating Officer
of Southern Financial Bank since April 1998. From 1994 to 1998 Mr.
Porter was President of FX Concepts, Ltd., an international money
management firm. Prior to that, he served as a Principal of Morgan
Stanley. Mr. Porter spent 15 years at Chemical Bank, where he was
Senior Vice President. In Chemical's treasury, Mr. Porter was
responsible for asset liability management, the U.S. government and
municipal securities portfolio, all US dollar denominated funding for
the bank and holding company, money market trading and discount
brokerage. Prior experience at Chemical included tours as Vice President
and General Manager for northern Europe based in London and for Chemical
Japan based in Tokyo. Ms. Derrico and Mr. Porter are married. Profile
Georgia S. Derrico has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief
Executive Officer of Southern Financial Bancorp (Southern Financial
Bank) since 1986. Prior to this Ms. Derrico served as Senior Vice
President, Chief Administrative and Credit Officer of the Multinational
Division of Chemical Bank. She also served at Chemical as the Vice
President and District Head of the mid-Atlantic region of the United
States for the Corporate Banking Division. Ms. Derrico is a director of
Oneida, Ltd., a New York Stock Exchange company. Ms. Derrico received
her Master of International Affairs degree from Columbia University,
School of International Affairs; an International Studies Degree from
Johns Hopkins School of International Affairs, Bologna, Italy; and a BA
in Social Sciences from St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana. Profile
Bancorp and an overview of what you're doing now.
Ms. Derrico: We started Southern Financial in 1986 from scratch with
