Biography

Douglas Briggs

Douglas Briggs has more than 25 years of finance and leadership experience. 

He began his career as a Credit Analyst and Internal Auditor for C.I.T. Group, a Fortune 500 Company.  Traveling fifty weeks of the year, Doug immersed himself in the credit and auditing processes, absorbing knowledge and instincts in the art of finance. During this time he opened offices for C.I.T Group in Chicago, Dallas, and Kansas City. 

In 1983 Doug took a position with a large Kansas City area bank.  He began as Vice President in Business Development, generating top sales for several years in a wide range of services including employee benefits, deposits, cash management, corporate trust, international services, and loans.

In 1986 Doug was made manager of one of his employer’s area banks.  He grew it from $60 million in deposits to $100 million, and tripled outstanding loans over a 2 ½ year period. 

Doug was soon promoted to Executive Vice President at the main bank.  Following a charter consolidation of Kansas City regional banks, he assumed the leadership of the resulting greater Kansas City Metropolitan Commercial Business Development division.

Over the years, Doug Briggs’s areas of responsibility grew to include managing the Kansas City area regional Community Bank Presidents and the calling officers for metropolitan and national accounts; overseeing Treasury Management and Merchant Bankcard business lines at the holding company level; coordinating Kansas City community events and community outreach, and serving as Chief Sales Officer of the bank holding company.

Throughout his career progression, Doug has remained active in various service organizations and civic causes.

In 2004, his employer chose to enter the Phoenix market.  Doug took on the leadership of this endeavor, forming a De Novo Arizona bank.  He was named Chairman and CEO and led in the creation and chartering of the bank.  He recruited a highly respected local board and successfully built a solid book of business.

At this point in his career Doug Briggs decided the time was right to take the reigns of the family bank, First State Bank & Trust Co., making him the fifth generation in leadership of this bank.  He began as President, CEO and Chairman in August of 2006, and has since established the bank’s fourth banking location, in Overland Park, Kansas.

Doug’s goal for First State Bank is to build on its 112-year foundation of commitment to community, while leading it into a future of strength, agility and growth.