Forcht Bank recently announced the addition of Tommy Hawkins to the Forcht Bank, Richmond market. He will be a business relationship officers for the bank’s new Richmond market.

Hawkins, a native of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, has been in banking for thirty five years. He graduated from Eastern Kentucky University and later Kentucky School of Banking.

An active member of the community, Mr. Hawkins currently is a member of the Richmond Rotary and Quail Unlimited. He is also a member/deacon of the Red House Baptist Church.

The Forcht Bank Richmond Banking Center is currently under construction. Until then Hawkins can be reached daily at the Forcht Bank Main Office in Lexington. His phone number is 859-779-5434 and his email address is tohawkins@forchtbank.com

Forcht Bank (www.forchtbank.com), an independently owned bank, operates 33 banking centers in Fayette, Jefferson, Boone, Grant, Taylor, Pulaski, Laurel, Whitley, Knox, McCreary and Green County and soon will open its first banking center in Madison County. Forcht Bank has more than $1 billion in assets, placing it among the top 10 largest banks based in Kentucky (www.fdic.gov).