Lou Caceres

About Lou Caceres

Mr. Caceres joined Sandy Spring Bank in as a retail sales leader with a strong background in retail and investment services. He was named to executive vice president in 2002. During his tenure with the Bank, Mr. Caceres has led various business lines including retail banking, small business and consumer lending, commercial banking sales, marketing, equipment leasing, and the mortgage division before focusing exclusively on fee-based revenue. Mr. Caceres has overseen tremendous growth in the Company’s wealth management business lines, which include the subsidiary companies of West Financial Services, Rembert Pendleton Jackson as well as a full range of fiduciary services through Sandy Spring Bank’s Trust Division. Through both organic growth and strategic M&A opportunities, assets under management currently exceed $6.0 billion. Mr. Caceres also oversees the Company’s full service insurance agency subsidiary Sandy Spring Insurance Corporation offering personal and business lines covering a wide array of risks. A graduate of the University of Maryland, Mr. Caceres holds a BA in Economics and an MA in Economics from American University. He currently serves on the board of The Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensington, Maryland, and previously served as the chairman of the Mid Atlantic Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and St. John’s Episcopal School.Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc,(Nasdaq: SASR) is the holding company for Sandy Spring Bank, the largest locally-headquartered community bank in the Greater Washington, D.C. region. The bank has received numerous recognitions and awards over the course of its history, including most recently being named as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post and a Best-In-State Bank by Forbes.Sandy Spring Bank started as a community bank over 150 years ago, and is committed to continuing to add value to the communities it serves by enriching the lives of its clients, employees and shareholders. The bank has created a unique culture that truly values its employees and encourages them to become lifelong advocates for its clients. Sandy Spring Bank is not about deals and transactions but rather lifelong relationships. With a long-standing reputation for outstanding client service, the bank is committed to superior financial performance to enhance long-term shareholder value as the means to remain independent and thus serve the local community most beneficially. You can learn more about the bank’s commitment to the community here.

Experience

1. Executive Vice President, Chief Wealth Officer

   Sandy Spring Bank

   Mar 1999 — Present

Education

• University of Maryland

  Bachelor's degree, Economics

  1980 — 1984

• American University

  MA, Economics

  1984 — 1986

Skills

• Commercial Banking
• Refinance
• Finance
• Lines of Credit
• Consumer Lending
• Small Business
• Loans
• Commercial Lending
• Underwriting
• Mortgage Banking
• Insurance
• Investments
• Treasury Management
• Credit Analysis
• Cash Management
• Mortgage Lending
• Financial Services
• Retail Banking
• Construction Loans
• Investment Advisory
• Sba
• Wealth Management
• Loan Origination
• Small Business Lending
• Banking
• Credit