John A. Graves serves as Independent Director of the Company. Mr. Graves is President of Evans-Graves Engineers, Inc. in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and New Orleans, Louisiana and has served as the firm’s President since 1986. Mr. Graves holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from Louisiana State University and post graduate studies in the College of Business Administration. He previously represented East Baton Rouge Parish on the Regional Planning Commission for 26 years. Mr. Graves presently serves on the LSU College of Engineering Dean’s Advisory Council, the LSU Civil and Environmental Engineering Advisory Board and was inducted into the LSU College of Engineering/Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Hall of Distinction in 2009. In 2016, Mr. Graves was inducted into the LSU College of Engineering Hall of Distinction. He currently serves on the board of directors for Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation. Mr. Graves is involved with several large projects including Port Louisiana, Inc. providing Louisiana with a deep-water access port supporting waterborne commerce for LNG Energy projects. Mr. Graves served as Program Manager for the largest Civil Works Program in U.S. History, the Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS) i.e. The Fortress of New Orleans.
John Graves is 78, he's been the Independent Director of Business First Bancshares since 2012. There are no older and 16 younger executives at Business First Bancshares.
John's mailing address filed with the SEC is 500 LAUREL STREET, SUITE 101, , BATON ROUGE, LA, 70801.
Over the last 7 years, insiders at Business First Bancshares have traded over $5,314,590 worth of Business First Bancshares stock and bought 163,294 units worth $3,043,820 . The most active insiders traders include Edgar R. Iii Smith, William K Hood, and David R. Iii Melville. On average, Business First Bancshares executives and independent directors trade stock every 25 days with the average trade being worth of $213,092. The most recent stock trade was executed by Mark P. Folse on 9 September 2024, trading 7,346 units of BFST stock currently worth $180,418.
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