First Financial Trust & Asset Management Company has hired Bradley Brown as senior vice president, based in Orange, TX, until the firm opens a new office in Beaumont next spring.

Brown has been a principal of accounting firm Edgar, Kiker & Cross since 1991 and has worked in the Orange region for 20 years.

First Financial Trust & Asset Management Company manages more than $3 billion of assets and has offices in Abilene, Fort Worth, Odessa, Orange, San Angelo, Stephenville and Sweetwater - Texas.

It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of First Financial Bankshares, a financial holding company headquartered in Abilene, TX.