Bank of Botetourt President and CEO G. Lyn Hayth, III has been elected to serve on the Virginia Bankers Association Board of Directors. The Virginia Bankers Association represents banks of all sizes and charters and has served as the unified voice for Virginia’s $881 billion banking industry and its 45,000 employees since 1893.
Hayth has been with the bank for 36 years, and has been in banking for almost 40 years. Since he became CEO in 2010, the bank has expanded from 10 branches to 13, covering more than 2,500 square miles with more than $717 million in total assets. Bank of Botetourt the largest bank headquartered in the Roanoke MSA and is now the longest serving financial institution in the region.
Hayth graduated from Virginia Tech with a BS Degree in Agricultural Economics and a Master of Science Degree. He is a graduate of the Virginia Bankers School of Bank Management at the University of Virginia and is also a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking of the South at Louisiana State University. He resides in Botetourt County with his wife, Angela.
