Bank, focused on climate issues, names pair of executives

Edmund O’Carroll and Brian Kruse join values-based bank ahead of its scheduled Spring opening.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 11:00 a.m. March 10, 2021
Ken LaRoe, founder and CEO of Climate First Bank.
Ken LaRoe, founder and CEO of Climate First Bank.
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ST. PETERSBURG — Climate First Bank, a values-based community bank focusing on environmental sustainability that plans to debut in St. Petersburg this spring, has named a pair of banking veterans to help lead the nascent financial institution.

 

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