John B. Gould serves as Independent Director of the Company. He has served as President of Cason Companies, Inc., a family-owned business, since 1976 and has been instrumental in the mergers and acquisitions that have grown and diversified the business over more than 40 years. He has served as the Vice Chair of the ASB Bancorp Board, as well as past Chair of the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce and the Henderson County Partnership for Economic Development. He is the current Chair of the Board of Trustees of Blue Ridge Community College, and he also serves on the UNC Healthcare - Pardee Hospital Board of Directors. He joined our Board upon the merger of ASB Bancorp with the Company in 2017.
As the Independent Director of First Bancorp, the total compensation of John Gould at First Bancorp is $64,000. There are 8 executives at First Bancorp getting paid more, with Michael Mayer having the highest compensation of $1,083,640.
John Gould is 67, he's been the Independent Director of First Bancorp since 2017. There are 3 older and 15 younger executives at First Bancorp. The oldest executive at First Bancorp is Thomas Phillips, 74, who is the Independent Director.
John's mailing address filed with the SEC is 11 Church St, Asheville, NC 28801, USA.
Over the last 22 years, insiders at First Bancorp have traded over $17,692,248 worth of First Bancorp stock and bought 227,194 units worth $4,368,757 . The most active insiders traders include George R Jr Perkins, Goldie H Wallace a Mason Y Garrett. On average, First Bancorp executives and independent directors trade stock every 23 days with the average trade being worth of $132,902. The most recent stock trade was executed by Mason Y Garrett on 26 July 2024, trading 52,800 units of FBNC stock currently worth $2,289,936.
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