New bank taps local talent for top roles
March 2, 2021 - St. Petersburg-based Climate First Bank, currently in organization and targeting a spring opening date, has welcomed Tampa Bay banking veterans Edmund O’Carroll and Brian Kruse to its executive leadership team. Edmund O’Carroll will serve as executive vice president and senior loan officer while Kruse will be a vice president, branch manager and small business banker. O’Carroll has held senior leadership roles at Fifth Third Bank, Florida Bank, Gulf Shore Bank and Seacoast Bank, while Kruse, a longtime St. Pete resident, boasts more than 20 years of banking industry experience, including stints with CenterState Bank and IBERIABANK.