Baton Rouge, October 22, 2015 - Investar Bank recently announced the promotion of Ryan Finnan to Executive Vice President and Consumer and Business Banking President.

Finnan will be responsible for leading the following critical areas of the bank: consumer lending, mortgage, credit cards and the consumer and business branch teams. He has over 22 years of banking experience and joined Investar Bank in 2008 after serving various roles with a large national bank. 'I am very excited to have Ryan drive our consumer and business banking strategy,' stated Investar Bank's President/CEO, John D'Angelo. 'This is a natural fit as the bank continues to expand business banking.'

Finnan graduated from Louisiana State University, where he received a Bachelor's Degree in Finance. He is the chairman of LATAN (Louisiana Assistive Technology Access Network) Financial Advisory Council and a board member for LATAN Non-Profit. Finnan is from New Orleans and currently resides in Prairieville, LA.

Investar Bank had total assets of $921.9 million as of June 30, 2015. It has 11 branches serving 4 markets in southeast Louisiana: the Baton Rouge area (3 branches in Baton Rouge, 1 in Port Allen and 1 in Prairieville), Livingston and Tangipahoa parishes (1 in Denham Springs and 1 in Hammond), the New Orleans area (1 in Metairie), the Northshore (2 in Mandeville), and the Lafayette area (1 in Lafayette).

For more information contact:
Sarah Ganong, Investar Bank
sarah.ganong@investarbank.com, 225.227.2330
www.investarbank.com

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