He has already served as the interim president for several months, so now it’s official. After a nationwide search, the North Dallas Chamber of Commerce has named Bruce Bradford its new president, the Dallas Morning News Biz Beat blog reports.

Former president Steve Taylor retired after a serious car accident that happened in June while he was driving home from work one Friday night. He had served as the NDCC president for 25 years. Bradford came on as interim shortly thereafter.

Bradford has been in the banking industry for about 30 years, having served as regional CEO for Sterling Bank.