Chris Henson, a senior executive who helped BB&T Corp. grow from a small North Carolina regional bank to the 8(th) large US bank in 2019, is joining the Board of Directors of Hooker Furnishings Corp. Christopher L. Henson Henson, who began with BB&T in 1985, rose to progressively higher executive positions including City Executive, Regional President, State President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Operating Officer before being promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer from 2016 -- 2019.

After BB&T merged with SunTrust to become Truist Bank, Henson served as Head of Banking & Insurance from 2019 to 2021 until his recent retirement.