FRANKLIN, N.C., Aug. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Entegra Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:ENFC) (the "Company"), the holding company for Macon Bank (the "Bank"), announced that R. Matt Dunbar has been elected to the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank effective immediately.
Mr. Dunbar is Managing Director of the Upstate Carolina Angel Network and Co-Founder of the South Carolina Angel Network and Palmetto Angel Fund. As Managing Director, Mr. Dunbar oversees the strategy and operations of a network of more than 50 local angel investors in Greenville and more than 200 around the state. Mr. Dunbar also serves on the Board of Directors of the national Angel Capital Association and two startup companies.
Roger D. Plemens, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are excited to add Matt to the Boards of Directors of the Company and the Bank. Matt is very well respected for both his business leadership and community involvement which are valued attributes as we continue to expand our franchise into Upstate South Carolina."
Mr. Dunbar holds a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Clemson University, summa cum laude, and an MBA and Master's in Education from Stanford University. Matt previously served as a strategic management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in Atlanta and a manufacturing and plastics engineer with Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, TN. His current community activities include serving on the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of Upstate South Carolina, as past Chair of the Clemson University Woodland Cemetery Stewardship Committee and as a Deacon at Downtown Presbyterian Church in Greenville.
About Entegra Financial Corp.
Entegra became the holding company of Macon Bank on September 30, 2014 upon the completion of the mutual-to-stock conversion of Macon Bancorp and the Company's related stock offering. A total of 6,546,375 shares were sold in the offering at $10.00 per share for gross and net proceeds of $65.5 million and $63.7 million, respectively. The Company's shares began trading on the NASDAQ Global Market on October 1, 2014 under the symbol "ENFC." In December 2014, Entegra's stock was added to the Russell Microcap Index and the ABA NASDAQ Community Bank Index.
The Bank operates a total of 11 branches located throughout the western North Carolina counties of Cherokee, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Polk and Transylvania and a loan production office in Greenville, South Carolina which is expected to become a full service branch in the fall of 2015.
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