In September 2018, Texas Bank and Trust Co. Chairman Rogers Pope announced that Craig Chaikin has been promoted to Executive Vice President and Trust Division Manager.

With Texas Bank and Trust since 1999, Chaikin has over 25 years of retail and trust experience and most recently is responsible for administration of trusts, IRAs, investment management and custody accounts within the Trust and Investment Division. Before his tenure in the Personal Trust Group, Chaikin managed the Retirement Plan Services Group.

A Cleveland native, Chaikin earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from CSU and is also a graduate of the American Bankers Association Trust and Graduate Trust Schools. He is a certified Trust and Financial Advisor, a member of the Rotary Club of Longview, the Longview World of Wonders board and the East Texas Estate Planning Council. (Originally announced in the Longview News Journal).