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accession: "0001437749-21-025118"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BFST"
cik: "0001624322"
company_name: "Business First Bancshares, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T14:06:41.722048+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Business First Bancshares names Saundra Strong as first in-house General Counsel

## Summary
- Saundra Strong appointed General Counsel for Business First Bancshares (BFST) and b1BANK, effective Nov. 3, 2021.
- She is the first in-house general counsel for the bank, previously SVP, assistant general counsel at BancorpSouth Bank.
- Strong brings 17+ years of legal experience in corporate governance, regulatory compliance, and labor law.
- CEO Jude Melville cites need to oversee expanding footprint across three states and multiple business lines.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-21-025118
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BFST
- cik: 0001624322
- company_name: Business First Bancshares, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000143774921025118/0001437749-21-025118-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1624322/000143774921025118/bfbi20211103_8k.htm

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