WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., June 22, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Kevin Beeson has joined the Winston-Salem office of First Horizon Corporate Financial Services, which provides a complete array of corporate banking services for corporations. Beeson has 20 years of experience in corporate banking and commercial real estate lending.
Beeson is a native of Winston-Salem and earned an undergraduate degree and MBA from Wake Forest University. He is active with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce, and Stratford Rotary. In 2003, he was named one of the Triad Business Journal's 40 Leaders Under 40.
About First Horizon
The 13,000 employees of First Horizon National Corp. (NYSE:FHN) provide financial services to individuals and business customers through hundreds of offices located in more than 40 states. The corporation's three major brands -- FTN Financial, First Horizon and First Tennessee -- provide customers with a broad range of products and services including:
-- Capital markets, one of the nation's top underwriters of U.S.
government agency securities
-- Mortgage banking, one of the nation's top 20 mortgage
originators and top 15 servicers, which earned a top-10 ranking
in customer satisfaction from J.D. Power and Associates
-- Retail/commercial banking, with the largest market share in
Tennessee and one of the highest customer retention rates of
any bank in the country
FHN companies have been recognized as some of the nation's best employers by AARP, Working Mother and Fortune magazines. FHN also was named one of the nation's 100 best corporate citizens by Business Ethics magazine. More information can be found at www.FirstHorizon.com