Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 21, 2005

Arthur Keeney Iii – Ecb Bancorp Inc (ecbe)

ARTHUR H. KEENEY III is President and CEO of ECB Bancorp, Inc., and President/CEO and a Director of The East Carolina Bank (ECB), a $500 million, 20-branch state chartered bank headquartered in Engelhard, North Carolina. He has held that position since 1995. Mr. Keeney graduated in 1968 from the University of Hartford with a BS degree (magna cum laude) in Accounting. He entered the banking arena in 1970 after receiving an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He progressed to higher levels of responsibility and leadership in several large regional banks in Michigan, Connecticut and Maryland prior to joining ECB. A former member of the North Carolina State Banking Commission, Mr. Keeney is also a Board member of The Northeast Economic Development Commission, The North Carolina Aquarium Society, FoR ENC, The Eastern 4-H Conference Center, The Greater Hyde County Chamber of Commerce, The Coastal Studies Institute Foundation and The Beaufort County Community College Foundation, among others. He also currently serves as President of both the Pocosin Arts and the Engelhard Rotary Club and Vice Chairman of both The Mattamuskeet Foundation and the Albemarle-Pamlico Economic Development Corporation. Profile
TWST: What is ECB Bancorp, Inc.?

Mr. Keeney: ECB Bancorp, Inc., is a $500 million bank holding company

headquartered in Engelhard, North Carolina, whose wholly-owned

subsidiary, The East