A flood of interest

Trevor Burgess won much acclaim in the Tampa area business community — plus national trade publication American Banker — for his leadership role in reshaping a struggling Manatee County bank.

That odyssey, from Community Bank of Manatee to St. Petersburg-based C1 Bank, culminated in one of the largest bank sales in Florida in 2016. That's when Little Rock, Ark.-based Bank of the Ozarks bought C1 for $402 million.

Then Burgess exited the spotlight. He moved from St. Pete to suburban Boston with his husband and their daughter. He traveled the world with his family, hitting 13 countries. “We had a fantastic time,” Burgess tells Coffee Talk, “and it was a great break from business.”