Edward C Milligan

Mr. Milligan, 68, has been a BB&T director since 2013 and a Branch Bank director since 2007. He is currently retired and previously was a consultant to Branch Bank from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Milligan’s distinguished career in banking spans over four decades, beginning in 1967 at First National Bank of Atlanta, and moving up the ranks in a variety of leadership roles and management positions at several institutions, including serving as the top executive at Main Street Banks, Inc., until he ultimately became the Chairman of Main Street Banks, which merged with BB&T in 2006. Following the Main Street merger, Mr. Milligan was a consultant to Branch Bank until 2009. Mr. Milligan’s extensive experience in the financial services industry brings to BB&T a substantial banking skill set, including with respect to risk management, operations and credit quality, while his longstanding board service at Main Street Banks and Branch Bank, where Mr. Milligan has served as a director since 2007, imparts corporate governance and supervisory skills.