The Freedom Bank of Virginia announced that the board of directors has appointed Raj Mehra as executive vice president, chief financial officer, and Kathleen Croson as executive vice president, chief banking officer. Previously, he served as director of financial risk management at PricewaterhouseCoopers, and held positions at JP Morgan Chase and Credit Suisse. Croson began her career at First Virginia Bank.

She served in various capacities of increasing responsibility at Middleburg Bank for 18 years. Croson was a branch manager, led retail and consumer banking operations and most recently served as Middleburg's senior vice president of client services. As the bank's first chief banking officer, she is responsible for directing implementation of plans and programs related to the products and services of the bank's retail and digital banking channels, including treasury management, deposit operations and consumer lending.