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David R. Melville III

Role

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST)

Board role

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer · Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST)

Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFST)

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer · Current mandate

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Last reviewed
Sep 6, 2026
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Canonical entity
alpha:person:david-r-melville-iii-bfst
Schema
alpha.governance.entity.public.v1
Last reviewed
2026-09-06T01:48:13.116871+00:00
Verification
source_reported
Ownership
unclaimed

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https://registry.alpha.ac/people/david-r-melville-iii-bfst.md
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David R. Melville III

Alpha governed public record. Unknown, unavailable, and unpublished values are never inferred as zero.

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ProtocolAlpha Governance Facts Protocol 0.1
Schemaalpha.governance.entity.public.v1
Record versionpublic-0
Canonical entityalpha:person:david-r-melville-iii-bfst
Entity typePerson
Canonical URLhttps://registry.alpha.ac/people/david-r-melville-iii-bfst
PublicationPUBLISHED
Verificationsource_reported
Verification schemaalpha-verification-states-v1
Ownershipunclaimed
Published claims4
Claims under review0
Evidence records1
Conflicts0
Conflicts in internal review0
Observed2026-09-11T15:09:49.637554+00:00
Last reviewed2026-09-06T01:48:13.116871+00:00

Identity

  • Legal name: David R. Melville III
  • Display name: David R. Melville III

Leadership

  • PUBLISHED

Roles

  • Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Business First Bancshares, Inc.. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:david-r-melville-iii-bfst:1.
  • Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Business First Bancshares, Inc.. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:david-r-melville-iii-bfst:1.

Governance

  • PUBLISHED

Board committees

  • PUBLISHED

Board membership

  • Serves on the board of Business First Bancshares, Inc.. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:david-r-melville-iii-bfst:1.

Executive title

  • Executive title: Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. Publication: PUBLISHED. Verification: source_reported. Assertion: source_reported. Evidence: alpha:evidence:person:david-r-melville-iii-bfst:1.

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IdentityPUBLISHED
BusinessNOT_APPLICABLE
LeadershipPUBLISHED
Board and committeesPUBLISHED
GovernancePUBLISHED
FinancialsNOT_APPLICABLE
WorkforceNOT_APPLICABLE
OwnershipNOT_APPLICABLE
RatingsNOT_PUBLISHED
Market and index contextNOT_APPLICABLE

Public sources

  • alpha:evidence:person:david-r-melville-iii-bfst:1: sec_def_14a.

Rights

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public_retrievalallowed
agent_retrievalallowed
redistributionnot_granted
model_trainingnot_granted
commercial_usenot_specified
relationship_pathfindingnot_granted
direct_contactnot_granted

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  • Only permissioned public claims and evidence are included.
  • Absence of a claim is not evidence that the underlying fact is false.
  • Public retrieval does not grant model-training or redistribution rights.
  • Private relationships and Council activity are excluded.

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