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February
2002 |
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Wachovia
CEO, four governors to address Annual Meeting
The
president and CEO of the nation’s fourth-largest bank
holding company, G. Kennedy Thompson of Wachovia Corp.
in Charlotte, will be the keynote luncheon speaker at
NCCBI’s historic 60th Annual Meeting on March 20.
The dinner program will present a roundtable discussion by the
state’s four living former governors -- Jim Holshouser,
Jim Hunt, Jim Martin and Bob Scott.
The daylong event at the Raleigh Convention and Conference
Center also will feature an extensive trade show, afternoon
executive seminars and several other related events, according
to an announcement by NCCBI Chairman Gordon Myers of
Asheville, the Ingles Markets executive. He urged all NCCBI
members to make plans to attend the Annual Meeting.
Click here to learn how to quickly reserve your Annual Meeting
tickets.
“I’m very pleased with the speakers we have for the Annual
Meeting because not only can they can tell us where we’re
headed but also they can give us a fuller understanding of
events that have forged the state we are today,” Myers said.
“Our banking industry is one of the state’s most important
businesses, and Ken Thompson can tell us what’s brewing in
that vital sector of the economy. But to fully comprehend
where we’re headed as an economy and as a society, we must
understand the events that have made North Carolina what it is
today. And I can think of no persons better suited to do that
than the four men who have occupied center stage in North
Carolina politics over the past three decades.”
The cost of attending the Annual Meeting, which is expected to
attract more than 1,000 of the state’s top business,
political, educational and civic leaders, is the same this
year as the past several years. Luncheon tickets are $50,
which includes admission to the NCCBI Expo trade show and the
executive seminars. Tickets for the dinner, including the
open-bar reception beforehand, are $80. Brochures containing
registration materials are being mailed to all NCCBI members.
Members may reserve tickets using the brochure or you can do
that from the NCCBI web site, as indicated above.
Thompson, 52, was vice chairman of First Union and head of the
bank’s Global Capital Markets division before being named to
his present position following last year’s merger between
First Union and Wachovia. He has risen through the ranks since
joining the bank in 1976. A native of Rocky Mount, he was a
Morehead Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill, where he received a
bachelor’s degree in American studies. He then obtained an
MBA from Wake Forest.
At the end of the third quarter, Wachovia Corp. has $326
billion in assets, $181 billion in deposits and employed more
than 85,000 people. It was the fourth-largest bank holding
company in the U.S., the fifth-largest broker-dealer based on
registered representatives and had the second-largest deposit
share nationally. The bank had about 19 million customers.
Because of the hectic schedules that they all continue to
maintain, the joint appearance by Holshouser, Hunt, Martin and
Scott will be one of the rare occasions when all four living
former governors are gathered in one place. The roundtable
discussion, which will be lead by former UNC System President Bill
Friday, is expected to focus on how the powers and
perceptions of the governor have evolved in recent years. The
four also are expected to comment on the qualities they
believe future governors will need to successfully serve as
the state’s CEO.
During the afternoon, the Annual Meeting will offer executive
seminars on political trends and legislative session limits.
The first, which will run from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m., will feature
NC FREE Executive Director John Davis discussing
political trends in the run-up to the coming legislative and
congressional elections. The second seminar, from 3:45 to 5 p.m., will explore session limits, which will be NCCBI’s top
legislative priority in the General Assembly this year.
Speakers include Sen. David Hoyle (D-Gaston), sponsor of a
session limits bill that has passed the Senate; Rep. Gene
Arnold (R-Nash), a five-term legislator and retired
businessman who is not seeking re-election; Rep. Andy
Dedmon (D-Cleveland), the House Majority Whip; and Gerry
Cohen, director of the legislature’s Bill Drafting
Division. Moderating will be NCCBI Vice President of
Governmental Affairs Leslie Bevacqua.
Click here to see the complete
agenda for the Annual Meeting.
The NCCBI Expo, formerly known as the Information Exchange,
will feature exhibits by more than 50 companies, the largest
number of exhibitors ever. A special highlight this year will
be an area dedicated to Goodness Grows in North Carolina,
which identifies and promots food and agricultural products in
the state. The Expo will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. There
are a few booth spaces available. For information on
exhibiting, call Julie Woodson at 919-836-1402.
Click here to see a list of
EXPO exhibitors.
As previously announced, NCCBI will present the annual
Citation for Distinguished Citizenship to James F. Goodmon,
the president and CEO of Capitol Broadcasting Co., at the
luncheon; and the Citation for Distinguished Public Service to
Charlotte attorney Russell M. Robinson II, a founding
partner in the Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson firm, at the
dinner.
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