Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> September 8, 2003
J. HERBERT BOYDSTUN is President and Chief Executive Officer Director of
Hibernia Corporation and Hibernia National Bank. Mr. Boydstun, joined
Hibernia in 1994 when First Bancorp of Louisiana, which he served as
Chairman, merged with Hibernia. During his 17 years of leadership at
First Bancorp, the northeast Louisiana banking company grew from $75
million in assets to $214 million. At Hibernia, Mr. Boydstun started as
Northeast Regional Chairman and later became Southwest Regional
Chairman. In June 2000, he was named Chief Community Banking Executive,
assuming responsibility for Hibernia's community banking markets. The
community arena includes retail and small-business banking. Mr. Boydstun
remained in that position until December 2000, when he was appointed
President and Chief executive Officer. He has been a member of the
company's Board of Directors since 1994 and is headquartered in New
Orleans. A native of Louisville, Mississippi, Mr. Boydstun received a
Bachelor's degree from the University of Mississippi in 1969 and a
Master's degree from Louisiana State University in 1972. He also is a
1979 graduate of the School of Banking of the South at LSU. He began his
banking career as a manager trainee in 1972 at Guaranty Bank and Trust
in Alexandria, Louisiana. As part of that training, he gained experience
as a teller. Mr. Boydstun serves as a founding trustee for the Ogden
Museum of Southern Art Foundation and is a member of the University of
New Orleans Foundation Board of Directors and Metairie Park Country Day
Business Advisory Council. He is also a member of the Louisiana
Association of Business and Industry, Financial Services Roundtable,
United Way for the Greater New Orleans Area Board of Trustees, Business
Council of New Orleans, the New Orleans Museum of Art Board of Trustees
and the Committee of 100 for Economic Development. Profile
that you see the company today?
Mr. Boydstun: The last couple of years, we have had really an internal
focus at Hibernia,
