AMERIS BANCORP (ABCB)

Sector: Financials

Name	Position	Age	Qualifications and Experience	Committee Memberships	Filing Year
Claire E. McLean	Director; Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Preferred Capital Securities, LLC	46	["Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Preferred Capital Securities, LLC","President of Preferred Shareholder Services","Background in public accounting at Ernst & Young LLP","Managing director in Assurance Services practice","Bachelor of science and a master of accountancy from Auburn University","Extensive finance and accounting experience"]	["Audit (Chair)","Enterprise Risk","CH","FE"]	2026
Daniel B. Jeter	Director; Chairman and Co-Owner of Standard Discount Corporation	74	["Lead Independent Director from July 2019 to September 2019","Chairman of the Board from May 2007 through December 2017","Co-owner of Standard Discount Corporation","Extensive experience in financial services","Bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Georgia"]	["Compensation","Enterprise Risk"]	2026
H. Palmer Proctor, Jr.	Chief Executive Officer of Ameris and the Bank	58	["Chief Executive Officer of Ameris Bancorp since July 2019","Vice Chairman of the Board since July 2022","President of Fidelity since April 2006","Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank since April 2017","President of Fidelity Bank since October 2004","Director of Fidelity and Fidelity Bank since 2004","Director of Brown and Brown, Inc. since 2012","Director of Choate Construction Company","Director of Inspire Brands","Chairman of the Georgia Bankers Association from 2017 to 2018","Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank since July 2019"]	["CH","Executive"]	2026
James B. Miller, Jr.	Chairman of the Board; Chairman of the Ameris Board of Directors	86	["Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity since its inception in 1979","Graduate from Florida State University and Vanderbilt Law School","Served as a civilian army lawyer at Redstone Arsenal Facility","Clerked at the Florida Supreme Court","Served as Chairman of Ageka Wohnungsbau GmbH in Berlin, Germany","Served on many public company and community boards","Chairman of the Dekalb County pension board for 20 years"]	["Executive"]	2026
Lawton E. Bassett, III	Corporate Executive Vice President, Chief Banking Officer and Bank President	57	["Chief Banking Officer of the Company and Bank President since February 2017","Corporate Executive Vice President since February 2016","Chief Banking Officer for Alabama and Georgia from February 2016 through January 2017","Regional President and Market President from 2006 through January 2017","President and Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Security Bank from 2003 through 2006"]	[]	2026
Leo J. Hill	Director; Founder and Owner of Advisor Network Solutions, LLC	70	["Founder and owner of Advisor Network Solutions, LLC","Lead Independent Director of Transamerica Mutual Funds","Senior Vice President and Senior Loan Administration Officer for Wachovia Bank","President and Chief Executive Officer of Barnett Treasure Coast Florida","Market President of Sun Coast Florida with Bank of America","Bachelor’s degree in management from Georgia State University","Master’s degree in finance from Georgia State University","Completed Louisiana State University’s Graduate School of Banking"]	["Compensation","Corporate Governance and Nominating","Executive","CH"]	2026
Robert P. Lynch	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lynch Management Company	62	["More than 40 years with Lynch Management Company","Extensive business experience","Understanding of challenges faced by commercial customers"]	["Audit","Enterprise Risk (Chair)","Executive","CH"]	2026
Rodney D. Bullard	Chief Executive Officer of The Same House; Director	51	["Chief Executive Officer of The Same House","led Global Social Responsibility at Chick-fil-A, Inc.","Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility for Chick-fil-A, Inc.","Executive Director of Chick-fil-A Foundation from 2011 to 2022","Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia from 2009 to 2011","Legislative Liaison/Counsel in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, The Pentagon from 2006 to 2009","Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School","master of business administration from Terry College of Business, University of Georgia","juris doctor from Duke Law School"]	["Compensation","Enterprise Risk"]	2026
William H. Stern	President and Chief Executive Officer of Stern Development; Chairman of the Board	69	["President and Chief Executive Officer of Stern Development since 1980","Chairman of the Board of the South Carolina State Ports Authority","Member of the board of the South Carolina Coordinating Council for Economic Development","Chairman of the Bank’s community board for the State of South Carolina","Knowledge of the real estate industry","Extensive business experience and economic background"]	["CH","Compensation","Corporate Governance and Nominating","Executive"]	2026
William I. Bowen, Jr.	Director; Partner and President of Bowen Donaldson Home for Funerals	61	["Chairman of the community board of the Bank","President of Bowen Donaldson Home for Funerals","Managing partner of Bowen Farming Enterprises, LLC","Vice Chairman of Tift Regional Medical Center","Chairman of Southwell Ambulatory","Past Chairman of the Georgia Board of Funeral Service","Bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Georgia"]	["Audit","Corporate Governance and Nominating"]	2026
Wm. Millard Choate	Director; Founder and Chairman of Choate Construction Company	73	["Founder and Chairman of Choate Construction Company","Experience in commercial and interior construction","Background in operations, procedures, banking, insurance, bonding relationships, marketing, preconstruction estimating and technology","Bachelor’s degrees in economics and business from Vanderbilt University"]	["Audit","Corporate Governance and Nominating"]	2026

Name

Position

Age

Qualifications and Experience

Committee Memberships

Filing Year

Claire E. McLean

Director; Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Preferred Capital Securities, LLC

["Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Preferred Capital Securities, LLC","President of Preferred Shareholder Services","Background in public accounting at Ernst & Young LLP","Managing director in Assurance Services practice","Bachelor of science and a master of accountancy from Auburn University","Extensive finance and accounting experience"]

["Audit (Chair)","Enterprise Risk","CH","FE"]

2026

Daniel B. Jeter

Director; Chairman and Co-Owner of Standard Discount Corporation

["Lead Independent Director from July 2019 to September 2019","Chairman of the Board from May 2007 through December 2017","Co-owner of Standard Discount Corporation","Extensive experience in financial services","Bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Georgia"]

["Compensation","Enterprise Risk"]

2026

H. Palmer Proctor, Jr.

Chief Executive Officer of Ameris and the Bank

["Chief Executive Officer of Ameris Bancorp since July 2019","Vice Chairman of the Board since July 2022","President of Fidelity since April 2006","Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank since April 2017","President of Fidelity Bank since October 2004","Director of Fidelity and Fidelity Bank since 2004","Director of Brown and Brown, Inc. since 2012","Director of Choate Construction Company","Director of Inspire Brands","Chairman of the Georgia Bankers Association from 2017 to 2018","Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Bank since July 2019"]

["CH","Executive"]

2026

James B. Miller, Jr.

Chairman of the Board; Chairman of the Ameris Board of Directors

["Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity since its inception in 1979","Graduate from Florida State University and Vanderbilt Law School","Served as a civilian army lawyer at Redstone Arsenal Facility","Clerked at the Florida Supreme Court","Served as Chairman of Ageka Wohnungsbau GmbH in Berlin, Germany","Served on many public company and community boards","Chairman of the Dekalb County pension board for 20 years"]

["Executive"]

2026

Lawton E. Bassett, III

Corporate Executive Vice President, Chief Banking Officer and Bank President

["Chief Banking Officer of the Company and Bank President since February 2017","Corporate Executive Vice President since February 2016","Chief Banking Officer for Alabama and Georgia from February 2016 through January 2017","Regional President and Market President from 2006 through January 2017","President and Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Security Bank from 2003 through 2006"]

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2026

Leo J. Hill

Director; Founder and Owner of Advisor Network Solutions, LLC

["Founder and owner of Advisor Network Solutions, LLC","Lead Independent Director of Transamerica Mutual Funds","Senior Vice President and Senior Loan Administration Officer for Wachovia Bank","President and Chief Executive Officer of Barnett Treasure Coast Florida","Market President of Sun Coast Florida with Bank of America","Bachelor’s degree in management from Georgia State University","Master’s degree in finance from Georgia State University","Completed Louisiana State University’s Graduate School of Banking"]

["Compensation","Corporate Governance and Nominating","Executive","CH"]

2026

Robert P. Lynch

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Lynch Management Company

["More than 40 years with Lynch Management Company","Extensive business experience","Understanding of challenges faced by commercial customers"]

["Audit","Enterprise Risk (Chair)","Executive","CH"]

2026

Rodney D. Bullard

Chief Executive Officer of The Same House; Director

["Chief Executive Officer of The Same House","led Global Social Responsibility at Chick-fil-A, Inc.","Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility for Chick-fil-A, Inc.","Executive Director of Chick-fil-A Foundation from 2011 to 2022","Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia from 2009 to 2011","Legislative Liaison/Counsel in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, The Pentagon from 2006 to 2009","Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School","master of business administration from Terry College of Business, University of Georgia","juris doctor from Duke Law School"]

["Compensation","Enterprise Risk"]

2026

William H. Stern

President and Chief Executive Officer of Stern Development; Chairman of the Board

["President and Chief Executive Officer of Stern Development since 1980","Chairman of the Board of the South Carolina State Ports Authority","Member of the board of the South Carolina Coordinating Council for Economic Development","Chairman of the Bank’s community board for the State of South Carolina","Knowledge of the real estate industry","Extensive business experience and economic background"]

["CH","Compensation","Corporate Governance and Nominating","Executive"]

2026

William I. Bowen, Jr.

Director; Partner and President of Bowen Donaldson Home for Funerals

["Chairman of the community board of the Bank","President of Bowen Donaldson Home for Funerals","Managing partner of Bowen Farming Enterprises, LLC","Vice Chairman of Tift Regional Medical Center","Chairman of Southwell Ambulatory","Past Chairman of the Georgia Board of Funeral Service","Bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Georgia"]

["Audit","Corporate Governance and Nominating"]

2026

Wm. Millard Choate

Director; Founder and Chairman of Choate Construction Company

["Founder and Chairman of Choate Construction Company","Experience in commercial and interior construction","Background in operations, procedures, banking, insurance, bonding relationships, marketing, preconstruction estimating and technology","Bachelor’s degrees in economics and business from Vanderbilt University"]

["Audit","Corporate Governance and Nominating"]

2026