Myers retires from High Point Bank, new CEO named [High Point Enterprise, N.C.]

June 24--HIGH POINT -- High Point Bank President Charles Myers will retire at the end of the year.

Myers said Thursday that after 43 years in banking, and 22 years at High Point Bank, the time has come to retire. Myers, 64, was appointed the bank's seventh president in 2002 following the death of Robert McInnis, who had been bank chairman and CEO since 1986. Myers told bank employees of his decision this week in an e-mail.

"I told our board that I think change is good," Myers said. "I have enjoyed my tenure at the bank and all of the friends and customers. I think it is time to leave when I have good health to enjoy my time."

Retirement will afford more time for Myers to visit his children in the Midwest and spend time on his Virginia farm.

Myers has been with the bank since 1988. He is a former executive vice president in charge of trust and financial services. Under Myers' supervision, the bank has added new products and services and expanded to nine locations in High Point, Jamestown, Kernersville and Greensboro. Choosing the right people made that possible, Myers said.

"We were able to bring in people who fit in very well here," Myers said.

Mark L. Williamson will join the bank Aug. 2 as president of both High Point Bank and HPB Corp., Myers said. Williamson has an extensive and diversified banking background, having started his career with Deposit Guaranty National Bank in 1974. Williamson and his family will move to High Point from Jackson, Miss., Myers said.

"We were fortunate to attract someone of his caliber for the job," Myers said.

The bank, which was founded in 1905, handles assets in excess of $775 million. HPB Insurance Group is the bank's insurance subsidiary.

"And we have a trust department that is the same size as the banks," Myers said. "That is extremely rare."

Myers served as a city trust manager and a western regional manager for Bank of America and as a national bank examiner for the U.S. comptroller of the currency prior to joining High Point Bank & Trust.

Myers was recognized in 2008 by Business Leader Magazine of Charlotte as an Impact Financial Leader. He has served on the boards of several civic and business groups, including the High Point Chamber of Commerce and Furnitureland Rotary.

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