The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors has voted to hire Mike Brenan as the organization’s new President and CEO.
“Soon after Mike took on this challenge on an interim basis, it became clear that he was the right person to lead the Chamber more permanently as we adapt to further amplify the voices of South Carolina’s business community,” Will Whitley of Michelin North America, and S.C. Chamber board chair, said. “Mike’s unique experience in business and nonprofit leadership, along with his history of service to our state, will serve our members – small and large, new and old – extremely well in the future.”
“With the incredibly talented team we have in place, the leadership of our members, and the state’s strong economy, the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce has a great opportunity to be the premier business-minded advocacy organization in the nation, and that’s exactly what we expect to become,” Brenan said.
A stalwart of South Carolina’s business community for decades, including his time on the Chamber’s Board of Directors and as chair, Brenan brings a unique perspective to the position. Brenan spent decades in South Carolina’s banking industry before retiring in 2023 as the regional president for the South Carolina Region of Truist Bank.
Brenan received the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the United Way of the Midlands in 2012, he has served on the boards of the South Carolina Philharmonic, the United Way Association of South Carolina, the Governor’s School for Science & Mathematics Foundation, the Moore School Business Partnership Foundation, the South Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities Foundation, the South Carolina State Board of Education, and many more.
