NEWS RELEASE

Jesse Johnson has been named the Danville Market President of Community Trust Bank, Inc.

Johnson’s responsibilities include providing consumer, residential and commercial lending options to new and existing clients, as well as offering a variety of financial solutions to individuals and businesses including the acceptance of time and demand deposits, providing cash management services to corporate and individual customers; issuing letters of credit; renting safe deposit boxes, and providing electronic banking and funds transfer services. Johnson also manages the three branch offices in the Danville Market: two in Danville and one in Harrodsburg. His office is located at 462 W. Main St. in Danville.

Johnson has worked in banking for 17 years, all in central Kentucky. He graduated from Boyle County High School and the University of Kentucky, and is a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

Johnson is a member of the Danville Rotary Club, the Salvation Army Board, the Boyle County Cattlemen’s Board and the Boyle County School Board. He resides in Boyle County, Kentucky.

Community Trust Bancorp, Inc. has headquarters in Pikeville, with dozen of branchess throughout eastern, northeastern, central and south-central Kentucky, as well as parts of West Virginia and Tennessee.