Background
Byrd, Guy W. was born on August 11, 1941 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Guy W. and Eugenia H. (White) Byrd.
Byrd, Guy W. was born on August 11, 1941 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Guy W. and Eugenia H. (White) Byrd.
AB, Davidson College, 1963.
From trainee to assistant vice president, Citibank, New York City, 1963-1974; senior vice president, 1st National Bank Commerce, New Orleans, 1974-1977; senior vice president, regional executive, Signet Bank, Roanoke, Virginia, 1977-1988; president, Colonial American National Bank (acquired by Crestar Bank 1989), Roanoke, 1988-1989; executive vice president, Crestar Bank, Roanoke, 1878; president, Chief Executive Officer,, Commerce Bank, Charleston, West Virginia, since 1990; also board directors, Commerce Bank, Charleston, West Virginia. Director correspondent bank division American Bankers Association, 1975-1977. Thesis advisor and examiner Stonier Graduate School Banking, Rutgers University, Newark, 1976-1986.
Member school board Roanoke City Schools, 1989-1990. Board directors West Virginia Symphony, Charleston, Business and Industrial Development Corporation, Charleston, since 1991. Member Robert Morris Associations, Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce (board directors since 1990), Edgewood Country Club, German Club (Roanoke), Rotary.
Married Maryblair Ormsby, February 3, 1968. Children: Guy W. III, Melissa O.