O. Jim Talbott

James Talbott has been a Director of CFG Community Bank since March, 2018. Mr. Talbott retired in 2009 after spending 45 years in the banking industry. At the time of his retirement he was the regional president of PNC Financial Services Group, where he was the regional president of the Western Maryland Market. Prior to his position at PNC Financial Services Group, Mr. Talbott served as Chairman, President and CEO of Farmers and Mechanics Bank, a Mercantile Bankshares Corporation affiliate in Frederick, Maryland until its acquisition by PNC in March 2007. During Mr. Talbott's 38-year career at Mercantile-Safe Deposit & Trust Co. and Mercantile Bankshares Corporation, he held various positions leading up to senior vice president of both the Bank and Holding Company. He successfully managed several merger processes, which led to his role as administrative liaison with all of Mercantile' s banking affiliates, a position he held for 26 years through dozens of mergers and acquisitions.