Dennis James

Dennis James is an accomplished financial executive with over 45 years of banking, accounting and M&A experience, with both public and private companies. He currently serves as Executive Vice President and Director of Mergers/Acquisitions and Regulatory/Government Relations of Bank OZK (the “Bank”). He has served as the Director of Mergers/Acquisitions of the Bank since 2012, Executive Vice President since 2014 and the Director of Regulatory/Government Relations since 2018. Mr. James initially joined the Bank in 1981 as its Chief Financial Officer and a member of its board of directors. In November 1984, he left the Bank to serve as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of LSI Financial Group. In 2005, Mr. James rejoined the Bank and moved to the Dallas area to serve as its North Texas Division President, returning to Little Rock in 2012 as he assumed his current role as the Bank’s Director of Mergers/Acquisitions. He has served as board member for a variety of private companies and nonprofits. Mr. James graduated from the University of Arkansas with honors, receiving a B.S.B.A. degree with a major in accounting.