EDWARDSVILLE - First Mid Trust Services is pleased to announce the appointment of Darren Wright, CFA, as their new Chief Investment Officer. In this role, Wright will lead First Mid Trust Services investment strategies, ensuring the highest level of portfolio management services and customized investment solutions for both individual and institutional clients. He will also provide investment services through a newly created entity named First Mid Wealth Strategies as a Wealth Manager, RJFSA. This entity will allow First Mid to bring even more investment solutions to clients in the company’s Metro East and St. Louis regions, emphasizing the fiduciary responsibility to act in their best interest by providing unbiased, transparent, and personalized investment advice.