R. Scott Plyler

President

South Atlantic Bank

Mr. Plyler has 27 years of banking experience along the Grand Strand, including six years as market president of Carolina First Bank’s South Carolina coastal region, which included 23 branches and 245 employees. He previously served as a commercial lender with Anchor Bank and Wachovia Bank in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. A graduate of the University of South Carolina with a B.S. degree in business administration, Mr. Plyler also completed The Graduate School of Banking of the South and the South Carolina Bankers School. He is a faculty advisor for the South Carolina Bankers School held at Lander University and also serves in the Darla Moore School of Business Mentor Program. Mr. Plyler is a past chairman and board member of the South Carolina Bankers School and the Coastal Carolina Sertoma Club. He is a former board member of the South Carolina Young Bankers Association, the Ocean View Memorial Foundation, and the South Strand United Way. The South Carolina Bankers Association named him Young Banker of the Year in 2009.