Edward Francis

Edward (Ed) Francis has 37 years of banking and financial institution experience and currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President for InBankshares and InBank. Ed is the founder of InBankshares, Corp. and has served as CEO since the inception of the company in 2018. Since that time the company has grown in assets from $320M to over $1.3B. Previously, he held the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer at Hancock Whitney Bank where he led all banking operations. Ed also served on Hancock Whitney’s Executive Management Committee for more than 10 years as assets grew from $5 billion to over $25 billion.

Ed holds a B.S. in Managerial Finance from the University of Mississippi and matriculated from the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University. He has served on the faculty of the Mississippi School of Banking for over 10 years and serves on the Ole Miss Banking and Finance Symposium board.  In addition, Ed serves on the Ole Miss School of Business Administration Advisory Board, and the Foundation Board for the University of Mississippi.  Ed serves on the Firefly Autism board where he chairs the Finance Committee and serves on the Scholarship Selection Committee for the Daniels Fund in Denver.