Bank of Charles Town (BCT) appointed Paul W. Bice executive vice president and regional president. Bice will lead BCT’s commercial lending initiatives and related banking services in Northern Virginia. He will be located in the BCT lending office in Leesburg, VA.

With more than 35 years of banking experience, Bice has spent 23 years in commercial banking developing sales and support teams within the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. Prior to joining BCT, Bice served as regional president with John Marshall Bank. From 1998 to 2007, Bice served as senior vice president for James Monroe Bank. Prior to that, Bice worked for Bank of Northern Virginia and Central Fidelity Bank in both retail and commercial banking.

“Paul is well known in Northern Virginia as a consummate community banker and civic leader, with story upon story of businesses and families benefitting both financially and personally from their relationships with him,” Alice P. Frazier, president and CEO of BCT, said. “Having Paul’s leadership and commitment to great customer experiences, coupled with his proven sales success, will serve us well as we continue our strategy of expansion into Northern Virginia.”

“I am excited to work with a team of community bankers in a culture committed to being the community bank of choice,” Bice said. “BCT lives up to their 150-year philosophy of neighbor helping neighbor and I’m proud to be part of that tradition.”

Currently, Bice serves as chairman of the board for Loudoun Community Breakfast. He also recently served with the Leesburg Daybreak Rotary of Leesburg, VA.