Recent personnel changes at Central Kentucky companies.

Finance

Republic Bank: Lawrence Wetherby has joined the bank as vice president, senior business banking officer at the company's Perimeter Drive location.

Blue & Co.: Mackenzie Bullock and Justin Watkins have been named staff accountants in the accounting firm's Lexington office.

Law

Thompson Miller & Simpson: Blake Nolan and Jessica Burton have joined the firm as associates. Nolan will practice in the fields of Nursing Home and Product Liability Defense Litigation. Burton will practice in the fields of Commercial and Healthcare Litigation.

Dinsmore: Kristeena Johnson has joined the Litigation Department and Environmental Practice Group working out of the firm's Lexington office. Patrick Schach has joined the Litigation Department working out of the firm's Lexington office.

Other

Henderson Services: Joe Logan has been named manager of the electrical contracting company's Lexington operations.

Sperry Van Ness Commercial Real Estate Advisors: Neal Metcalfe has joined the company as an adviser. He specializes in the sale and leasing of retail, office and industrial property in Central Kentucky, specifically Lexington.

Send items about professional personnel changes to hlbusiness@herald-leader.com or Personnel File, Business Monday, Lexington Herald-Leader, 100 Midland Avenue, Lexington, Ky. 40508. Include a contact person's name and number. All photos must be emailed as JPEG images.

Compiled by Dorothea Wingo