Hancock CEO tapped for Federal Reserve board

Hancock Holding Company president and chief executive Carl J. Chaney has been appointed to the board of directors for the New Orleans office of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. The three-year term is effective Jan. 1. The board of directors will provide economic information from the region to the district bank president and other offices that will use it to form monetary policy and make discount rate recommendations. Chaney has led Hancock since 2006 after serving three years as chief financial officer. Hancock Holding Company is the parent company of Hancock Bank in Gulfport, Miss., and Whitney Bank in New Orleans. Chaney is a member of the board of directors of the Mississippi Power Company and serves as chairman of the Mississippi Bankers Association. He is treasurer for the Mississippi Economic Council and a member of the executive committee of the Gulf Coast Business Council. He’s also an instructor and course coordinator in bank regulatory law the LSU Graduate School of Banking, the Alabama Banking School and the Mississippi School of Banking.