Manuel J. Mehos is a private investor, an entrepreneur, and a member of the Board of Directors of Veritex Bank. Mr. Mehos has served as a member of Sentinel Trust’s Board of Directors since 2005 and currently chairs its Compensation Committee.
Prior to the merger with Veritex in 2019, Mr. Mehos served as the Chairman of the Board of Green Bank, N.A. of Houston. Mr. Mehos founded Green Bancorp, Inc. in 2004 and served as its Chairman and CEO. He is the founder and former Chairman and CEO of Coastal Banc, a Houston-based bank that was sold to Hibernia Corporation in 2004. Prior to founding Coastal Banc, Mr. Mehos worked at KPMG as a Certified Public Accountant and Goldman Sachs.
Mr. Mehos has served on several Boards of Directors including the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, where he served as Chairman, the Texas Finance Commission, and the Texas Savings & Community Bankers’ Association. Mr. Mehos was also appointed by Governor George W. Bush to the Finance Commission of Texas in 1996, where he served until 2002.
A native Texan, Mr. Mehos earned his Bachelor of Business Administration and his Master of Business Administration from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.