James D. Rollins III

Chairman & CEO

James D. “Dan” Rollins III is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cadence Bank. He has served as CEO since November 2012 and was appointed Chairman of the Board in April 2014. With more than four decades of experience in the banking industry, Rollins has led Cadence through transformative growth, including multiple acquisitions and the successful merger of legacy institutions.

Before joining Cadence, Rollins served as director, president and Chief Operating Officer of a regional bank holding company based in Houston, Texas, from 2006 to 2012, after holding various leadership roles within the organization beginning in 1994. His banking career started in 1978 in downtown Austin, Texas, with subsequent experience at a community bank in Port Lavaca and Bay City, Texas.

Rollins holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a graduate of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University and the National Commercial Lending School at the University of Oklahoma.

A strong advocate for community engagement, Rollins serves on the board of directors and is a past chairman of North Mississippi Health Services, the largest rural-based healthcare system in the country. He also leads Cadence’s corporate volunteer initiatives and co-chaired the Hope and a Future capital campaign for The Salvation Army in Tupelo, Mississippi. Rollins plays a key leadership role in the $50 million Cadence Bank Foundation, a cause close to his heart, helping to guide the Bank’s philanthropic efforts across its nine-state footprint. He and his wife, Becky, have two grown children and welcomed two grandchildren in 2024.