RALEIGH, N.C. — March 5, 2024 — First Citizens Wealth today announced that Phillip Strickland has been named to lead the bank’s newly combined Personal and Institutional Trust organization.
In his expanded role as executive director, Trust and Fiduciary Services, Strickland will oversee all trust and fiduciary areas on a national scale while leading the newly combined Personal and Institutional Trust organization.
For the last four years, Strickland has led First Citizens Wealth’s Institutional Trust group, which has delivered consistent results while forging strong partnerships across the bank.
“Phillip is well versed in the trust and fiduciary world and has been a valuable part of First Citizens Wealth since he joined the bank in 2005,” said Michael Wilson, Wealth executive director. “I’m confident his expertise and leadership abilities will help us realize the full potential of our newly combined Personal and Institutional Trust organization.”
Strickland holds master’s degrees in trust and wealth management and business administration from Campbell University, where he serves as adjunct professor at the Lundy Fetterman School of Business. He also teaches at the Trust Advisor Institute.
“I am pleased and honored by the confidence Michael and all my colleagues have placed in me,” Strickland said. “We have an awesome opportunity in front of us to better serve clients by combining personal and institutional trust into a single unit. I’m looking forward to the challenge of taking this business to the next level.”
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