Colony Bankcorp, Inc. Names R. Dallis “D” Copeland, Jr. Special Advisor
July 21, 2021 at 04:15 pm EDT
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Colony Bankcorp, Inc. announced the appointment of R. Dallis “D” Copeland, Jr. as Special Advisor. In this newly-created position working closely with Colony’s executive team, Copeland will utilize his extensive banking and executive leadership experience to provide insight on corporate planning and strategic decision making as well as customer relationship building and talent acquisition. Copeland joins Colony after a 27-year career at Synovus Financial Corporation, a Columbus, GA-based financial services company with over $45 billion in assets. At Synovus, he served in positions of increasing responsibility where he developed deep banking industry experience and relationships in markets across the Southeast. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Community Banking Officer. In this position, he led Synovus’ banking operations for 28 bank divisions across the company’s five-state footprint. During his tenure at Synovus, he was a member of the Executive Committee and reported directly to the Chairman and CEO from 2009 – 2019. He also held the title of Chief Banking Officer, where he was responsible for all banking services including Corporate, Commercial Real Estate, Retail, Private Wealth, Treasury Management, Credit Card, Marketing and Special Assets. Copeland recently served on the Executive Committee of the University System of Georgia Foundation. He earned his B.S. in Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Colony Bankcorp, Inc. is a financial service and a bank holding company. The Companyâs business is conducted through its bank subsidiary, Colony Bank (the Bank), a Georgia state-chartered commercial bank. The Bank provides a range of banking services to its retail and commercial customers. The Company operates through three segments: Banking Division, Retail Mortgage Division and Small Business Specialty Lending Division. The Banking Division delivers full service financial services, including commercial loans, consumer loans and deposit accounts. The Retail Mortgage Division offers services for one-to-four family residential mortgage loans. The Small Business Specialty Lending Division offers small business administration and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) government guaranteed loans. Its product line includes loans to small and medium-sized businesses, residential and commercial construction and land development loans, commercial real estate loans and others.