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Hilliard Joins Live Oak Bank

By Staff Reports, posted Aug 25, 2026
Matt Hilliard

Live Oak Bank has named Matt Hilliard a commercial banking relationship manager focused on the Wilmington market, according to a news release.

He joins Brad Neigel and Morgan Moskal on the bank's Wilmington commercial banking team. The team provides business loans up to $25 million along with checking, savings and cash management tools for small business and commercial clients, the release stated.

A Wilmington native and N.C. State University graduate, Hilliard brings more than 25 years of banking experience to the role, according to the release. He began his career at Central Carolina Bank in 1999 and has served in branch management, mortgage lending, business banking and commercial lending, the release stated.

Hilliard serves on the boards of the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, the Rotary Club of Wilmington, where he is president-elect, Friends of Camp Kirkwood and the Community Counseling Center, according to the release.

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