First Horizon Appoints Ellen A. Taylor as Head of Investor Relations

MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First Horizon National Corp. (“First Horizon”) (NYSE: FHN) today announced that Ellen A. Taylor will join the Company as Executive Vice President and Head of Investor Relations in June of 2020. She will report to William C. (BJ) Losch, III, Chief Financial Officer. Aarti Bowman, who has managed investor relations for the past 11 years, will now report to Taylor.

Taylor will be responsible for cultivating and expanding First Horizon’s relationship with the investment community. She will lead the Company’s financial communications while working closely with the executive team to enhance further the focus on maximizing shareholder value.

“We are incredibly pleased to welcome Ellen to the team,” said BJ Losch, First Horizon’s Chief Financial Officer. “She brings over three decades of experience in financial services, capital markets and investor relations. As a well-respected, strategic leader with a deep understanding of investor strategy, outreach and communications, Ellen will be an invaluable resource to our investors, management team and the board as we work to ensure a seamless integration with IBERIABANK Corporation and create a leading southern financial services firm. Given the investment community’s strong recognition of Ellen and Aarti’s efforts, I am confident that First Horizon will have an unparalleled investor relations platform as we enter this next phase of our history.”

“I am thrilled to join First Horizon at such a transformational time,” said Taylor. “I look forward to partnering with the leadership team to help communicate First Horizon’s strategic value proposition and drive enhanced value for the firm while working to deliver a best-in-class experience for the Company’s key stakeholders.”

About Ellen A. Taylor
Taylor has more than 30 years of financial services, capital markets and investor relations experience. She joins First Horizon from Citizens Financial Group, Inc., a regional bank headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, with $177 billion in assets. At Citizens Financial, Taylor was responsible for building out the equity and fixed income investor relations platform and helping execute the largest U.S. retail bank IPO in history while partnering with senior management around corporate strategy, M&A, financial information and relative-value analysis.

Prior to joining Citizens Financial in 2014, Taylor held several executive roles, including Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations at BlackRock, Inc., Principal at the McIver Taylor Group, an investor relations consultancy firm, and Director of Investor Relations at Wells Fargo & Company. Taylor holds a bachelor’s degree from Salem College and a master of business administration degree from Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

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