SIMMONS FIRST NATIONAL CORP CLASS (SFNC)
Sector: Financials
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Sector: Financials
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Director information for SFNC
| Ticker | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFNC | Retired SVP of External and Regulatory Affairs, AT&T Inc. | 70 | ["Retired Senior Vice President of External and Regulatory Affairs for AT&T","Joined AT&T in 1979","Held various operations positions including customer service, sales and marketing, and external affairs","Named President of AT&T’s Arkansas Division in 2002","Appointed Senior Vice President of External and Regulatory Affairs in 2017","Board member of various organizations including Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Arkansas Children’s Hospital Board of Trustees","Experience in telecommunication and information technology industry"] | ["AuditCommittee","CompensationCommittee","Nominating &CorporateGovernanceCommittee"] | 2026 |
Biography sourced from the proxy statement filing.
Mr. Drilling, 70, was elected to the Board in 2008. In 2020, he retired as Senior Vice President of External and Regulatory Affairs for AT&T. He joined AT&T (then Southwestern Bell Telephone Company) in 1979 and served in various operations positions including customer service, sales and marketing, and the external affairs organization. He was named President of AT&T s Arkansas Division in 2002 and was appointed as AT&T s Senior Vice President of External and Regulatory Affairs for all fifty states in 2017. Mr. Drilling received a B.S. degree in Marketing from the Walton College at the University of Arkansas in 1978 and graduated from the Emory University Advanced Management Program in 1991. Mr. Drilling has served on numerous boards over the last 40 years, including as past chairman of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce, Arkansas Children s Hospital Board of Trustees, University of Arkansas Board of Advisors, former president of the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, UAMS Arkansas BioVentures Advisory Board, founding member of the Arkansas Research Alliance, former president of Fifty for the Future, and former vice chairman of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. He also currently serves on the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation Board and the Nature Conservancy Board. The Board believes that Mr. Drilling s experience as an executive within the telecommunication and information technology industry (having participated in various industry transitions, mergers and technology changes) provides needed skills in the assessment of the technology risks of the Company and the security measures to address these risks, as well as valuable insights involving the executive management of a large, highly-regulated enterprise.