Category: Timeline Stories

The Board of Directors of FNB announced June 18th, 2025, a strategic leadership transition, naming Paul Scott as Chief Executive Officer and Lori Noel as President, effective October 1, 2025. This move divides the previously shared President and CEO role and coincides with the retirement of Sally Hopkins, who has been with the 150-year-old institution for 17 years, leading it for the past 5 years.

As CEO, Paul Scott is responsible for setting the strategic vision, leading the executive team, and ensuring financial and regulatory soundness. Scott has spent his entire 23-year banking career with FNB, most recently serving as the bank’s Chief Financial Officer. He joined the industry after earning his MBA from Murray State University and later graduated from Financial Managers School and the Graduate School of Banking in Madison, WI.

Lori Noel, the newly appointed Bank President, will guide the bank’s strategy, drive growth, and oversee organizational development as the institution enters its next chapter. Lori Noel has an extensive banking background with over 33 years of experience, most recently serving as the bank’s Chief Lending Officer. She is a graduate of Marshall County High School and attended Murray State University. Lori is a graduate of the Southeastern School of Advanced Commercial Lending, Kentucky Bankers Association General Banking School, Graduate School of Banking Wisconsin, and West Kentucky Regional Chamber Alliance’s Leadership West Kentucky. She currently serves as a Trustee for the Southeastern School of Banking and is a member of the Kentucky Agricultural Finance Board and Kentucky Agricultural Economic Development Board.

In December 2024, FNB completed its post-tornado rebuilding phase, as support staff employees moved into their brand-new office space in the bank’s new Operations Center. The Operations Center is located on the block of land behind FNB’s Mayfield Main Office, at 105 E North Street in Mayfield. The building houses FNB’s Operations, Customer Support Center staff, Audit, Compliance, and IT functions. The former Operations Center, located at 201 N 8th Street, was destroyed during the December 10, 2021, tornado that swept through Mayfield. Construction on the new Center began in August 2023.

In January 2024, FNB’s new Mayfield Main Office, located at 101 East Broadway, opened for business. The previous Mayfield Main Office was destroyed by an EF4 tornado that swept through Mayfield on December 10, 2021. Construction on the new facility began in early 2023, lasting approximately one year. The new facility offers modern aesthetics and banking amenities with the same great staff and service.

On December 9, 2022, FNB Bank held a groundbreaking ceremony to officially mark the rebuilding phase of FNB’s Mayfield Main Office, located at 101 East Broadway. The ceremony took place on the eve of the 1-year anniversary of the catastrophic tornado that caused irreparable damage to FNB’s Mayfield Main Office.

In December 2022, FNB opened a temporary Mobile Office in downtown Mayfield. The office is located at 201 North 8th Street (former site of FNB Operations Center) and will temporarily operate through the rebuilding phase of FNB’s Mayfield Main Office. The Mobile Office offers the same services as a standard FNB branch including the ability to process teller transactions, open deposit accounts, and lending services.

FNB Bank was recognized as the top five company in the small business division in Kentucky at the 18^th annual Best Places to Work in Kentucky awards ceremony. The announcement comes from the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce, the Kentucky Society for Human Resource Management (KYSHRM) and ClearPath Mutual Insurance Company, who released the winner rankings at an awards dinner on June 9, 2022.

The selection process, managed by Best Companies Group, is based on an assessment of the company’s employee policies and procedures and the results of an internal employee survey. The competition is a multi-year initiative designed to motivate companies in the Commonwealth to focus, measure and move their workplace environments toward excellence.

With the influx of tenants at the WK&T Technology Park following the December 10^th tornado, FNB installed a new walk-up ATM at 100 WK&T Technology Drive, Building 300.  The ATM is a cash disbursing only machine and FNB customers will not incur any transaction charges to use the machine with their FNB debit cards.

In July 2022, FNB opened its new Benton Office at 315 W. 5th Street, Suite 700 in Benton. The office is FNB’s first location in Marshall County and the bank’s tenth location in the western Kentucky footprint. The new banking facility is FNB’s third concept branch, modeled after the bank’s Murray South and Paducah Midtown offices. The branch offers new modern aesthetics and banking amenities along with an image deposit-taking ATM.

On December 10, 2021, an EF4 Tornado caused catastrophic damage to FNB’s Mayfield Main and Operations Office buildings when it tore through Mayfield at approximately 9:26 PM CST.