Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> August 16, 2004
F. SCOTT BAUER is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Southern
Community Financial Corporation. In creating the model for what would become
Southern Community, Mr. Bauer drew from extensive experience. A native of
Winston-Salem, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
with a BS degree in Business Administration and later received a Master's degree
in Banking from the prestigious Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the
University of Delaware. He spent the first five years of his banking career at
Wachovia Bank before joining Northwestern Bank as a commercial banker. After
Northwestern was acquired by First Union, he continued to sell corporate
services to middle-market companies. In 1989, he moved to Southern National Bank
and later became the bank's city executive in Winston-Salem. Shortly after
Southern National Bank was acquired by BB&T, Mr. Bauer resigned to devote his
time to forming Southern Community. Profile
Mr. Bauer: We are a bank that was started in November 1996. So we are
about seven and a half years old. Since inception, we have
