Rob Deméré

SCBT Financial Corp. is the bank holding company for South Carolina Bank & Trust. The company, through its subsidiary, provides a broad range of financial services to individuals and companies in South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia. It provides customers with checking accounts, NOW accounts, savings and time deposits of various types, brokerage services and alternative investment products, such as annuities and mutual funds, trust and asset management services, loans for businesses, agriculture, real estate, personal use, home improvement and automobiles, credit cards, letters of credit, home equity lines of credit, safe deposit boxes, bank money orders, wire transfer services, correspondent banking services, ATM processing, and trust services. SCBT Financial was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Columbia, SC.

Savannah Bancorp, Inc. is a bank holding company. The company, through its subsidiary, The Savannah Bank NA, provides banking products and services. Its offerings include checking accounts, savings accounts and various time deposits ranging from daily money market accounts to longer-term certificates of deposit; short to medium-term commercial and personal loans; and cash management services, remote deposit capture, Internet banking, electronic bill payment, a non-cash deposit courier service, safe deposit boxes, travelers checks, direct deposit of payroll, U.S. savings bonds, official bank checks and money orders and automatic drafts for various accounts. Savannah Bancorp was founded on October 5, 1989 and is headquartered in Savannah, GA.

Colonial Group, Inc. owns and operates a collection of shipping and oil and gas businesses. It offers motor fuels, natural gas, liquid and dry bulk storage, commercial shipping services, industrial fuel, lube oil and tug and barge services. The company was founded by Raymond M. Demere in 1921 and is headquartered in Savannah, GA.

St. Joseph's/Candler Health System, Inc. provides health care services. Its services include cardiology, orthopedics, neurosensory disorders, pulmonology, diabetes and oncology. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Savannah, GA.

Part of Colonial Group, Inc., Colonial Oil Industries, Inc. is a private company that supplies gasoline and diesel fuel. The company is based in Savannah, GA and was founded in 1921.

Young Presidents' Organization, Inc. is a global leadership community of over 30,000 chief executives from 142 countries. The non-profit company is based in Irving, TX and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The company's mission is to help its members become better leaders and better people. The company was founded in 1950 by Ray Hickok, Khalid Mohamed Jassem Kanoo. Thayer Smith has been the CEO of the company since 2007.

SouthState Bank NA operates as a national commercial bank. It provides personal, business and online banking services to the customers. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Winter Haven, FL.