Sunflower Bank KC Market President Hopes To Expand Presence in Region

Posted December 28, 2023

Sunflower Bank announced it has hired a new Kansas City and Eastern Kansas market president to oversee the bank’s growth in the area.

Billy Weiland joins Sunflower Bank as the Kansas City/Eastern Kansas regional market president with 22 years of experience in commercial banking primarily in Greater Kansas City, according to a release. Prior to his new role, Weiland was the senior vice president at BOK Financial for the Kansas City area.

“Sunflower Bank already has a talented team and an established presence in the Kansas City area and I look forward to expanding these even further,” Weiland said.

The Dallas-based Sunflower Bank has $7.7 billion in assets with locations in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico and Texas.

Sunflower Bank has locations in Lawrence, Leawood, Overland Park and a loan production office in the Briarcliff business district in Kansas City.

“We’re thrilled to have Billy Weiland join us to lead Sunflower Bank’s regional efforts in Kansas City and Eastern Kansas,” Chief Banking Officer for Eastern Banking at Sunflower Bank, Cecil G. Edwards, Jr. said in the release. “His long history of building commercial banking relationships in the market is a perfect complement to our existing strong client base and relationship approach.”