Pinnacle Financial Partners adds 96 revenue producing team members in 3Q26, extending recruiting momentum with experienced hires across Southeast

Third-quarter additions deepen specialty capabilities and add experienced leaders in key growth markets

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--$PNFP--Pinnacle Financial Partners (NYSE: PNFP) added 96 revenue-producing team members during the third quarter of 2026, bringing its year-to-date total to 222 – on track to exceed the target of 225-250. The quarter’s new team members include experienced commercial bankers, market leaders and specialists in treasury management, wealth management, trust, restaurant and franchise finance, foreign exchange and government banking.

Hiring remained broadly distributed across Pinnacle’s nine-state footprint, with continued activity in the Southeast’s largest and fastest-growing markets. Revenue producer retention remained approximately 95% excluding synergies.

“Every quarter we add bankers who’ve spent years earning the trust of their clients and communities. The payoff compounds for years after they join,” said Pinnacle President and CEO Kevin Blair. “Experienced bankers come here for the culture and the freedom to put clients first. That’s the model that built this company, and it hasn’t changed. Now we can put a broader set of capabilities and specialists behind them. That’s how we keep winning talent, and winning talent is how we keep winning clients.”

Third-quarter recruiting success follows 52* revenue-producing hires in the first quarter and another 74 in the second quarter. The latest additions include longtime local banking leaders who can build teams in strategic and growing Southeastern markets, as well as specialists who broaden what Pinnacle can offer to clients. The firm expanded its trust capabilities in South Alabama and the Florida Panhandle, continued building its restaurant and franchise finance services team and added depth in treasury management, government, education and utilities banking, and more.

Among the experienced professionals joining Pinnacle during the quarter are:

Melynda Bounds | Middle Tennessee
Bounds joins as a financial advisor with more than 20 years of banking experience. She spent more than two decades with First Financial Bank, formerly CedarStone Bank, serving consumer and commercial clients and building loan and deposit relationships.

Thomas Bradshaw | Richmond, Va.
Bradshaw joins as a financial advisor after more than a decade in commercial banking with Wells Fargo, most recently as an executive director and relationship manager in Richmond. His experience includes relationship management, credit analysis and financial analysis.

Matt Brandon | Richmond, Va.
Brandon joins as a financial advisor with experience serving business executives, entrepreneurs and high-net-worth families. He most recently served as a senior private banker with First Citizens Wealth and previously led BB&T Wealth’s lending team for the Mid-Atlantic region.

Bryan Brown | Charlotte, N.C.
Brown joins as a financial advisor with decades of specialized foreign exchange and international banking experience. Most recently managing director of foreign exchange and international banking sales at First National Bank, he previously held senior foreign exchange roles with Citi and Wells Fargo and brings expertise in cross-border payments, foreign exchange risk, international treasury and trade finance.

Kevin Carey | Mobile, Ala.
Carey joins as area manager with more than two decades of wealth and banking leadership experience in South Alabama. He most recently served as director of private banking for Trustmark Bank and previously was its Mobile market president, with experience building private banking and wealth teams across multiple markets.

Pratik Chauhan | Brentwood, Tenn.
Chauhan joins as a financial advisor with nearly 20 years of experience spanning private wealth management and banking leadership. Most recently a private wealth advisor with 1834, a division of Old National Bank, he has advised high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families and business owners on investment strategy, estate planning, lending and other complex financial needs.

Veda Cloud | Atlanta
Cloud joins as a financial advisor on Pinnacle’s restaurant and franchise finance services team after 16 years with Wells Fargo, where she was managing director of franchisee finance for the Southeast and Northeast. She has experience with restaurant finance facilities ranging from $10 million to more than $300 million, adding depth in serving larger restaurant, franchise and multiunit operators.

Noel Daluise | Florida
Daluise joins as a financial advisor specializing in government, education and utilities, with more than 15 years of experience serving government, institutional and not-for-profit clients. She most recently spent eight years leading government and not-for-profit banking relationships at SouthState Bank and earlier held similar roles with City National Bank and JPMorgan Chase.

Wade Dailey | Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Dailey joins as West Alabama regional president with 22 years of banking leadership experience in Tuscaloosa. He most recently served as senior vice president at Regions Bank and previously held leadership roles with Renasant Bank and Wells Fargo.

Alan Dishman | Atlanta
Dishman joins as a financial advisor serving commercial and middle market companies after nearly 35 years with Wachovia and Wells Fargo. His experience includes middle market commercial banking and leading business banking teams.

Carrie Evans | Orlando, Fla.
Evans joins as a treasury management advisor in Orlando. A Certified Treasury Professional, she specializes in treasury management, cash management, commercial banking and client relationship development.

Nicole Fernandez | Richmond, Va.
Fernandez joins as a financial advisor with more than 25 years of banking experience across commercial and consumer banking. Most recently a relationship manager and business banker with First Bank/Touchstone Bank, she managed commercial relationships and connected clients with lending, deposits, treasury management and other services.

Dan Harbison | Bowling Green, Ky.
Harbison joins as regional president with more than 44 years of banking experience, including nearly three decades as president and CEO of Farmers National Bank. His career has been centered on serving businesses and clients throughout South Central Kentucky.

Nicole Harrell | Nashville, Tenn.
Harrell joins as a financial advisor with more than 20 years of banking experience, including more than a decade as a senior relationship manager with Wells Fargo. She has extensive experience serving middle market and mid-corporate clients, including complex financing, commercial real estate and portfolio management.

Chris Jones | Nashville, Tenn.
Jones joins as a financial advisor on Pinnacle’s restaurant and franchise finance services team with nearly 20 years of finance experience, including more than 14 years in commercial lending. Most recently a managing director at MidCap Financial, he also held multiunit finance roles with GE Capital, TD Bank and CIT Group.

Jennifer Kemp | Mobile, Ala.
Kemp joins as a trust and wealth advisor with more than 25 years of trust and wealth experience. Her expertise includes trust administration, estate and legacy planning and serving the wealth needs of families, businesses, nonprofits and institutions.

Shelly Killian | Chattanooga, Tenn.
Killian joins as a financial advisor with nearly two decades of commercial banking and treasury management experience. Most recently a commercial banking relationship manager with First Horizon, she previously led treasury management sales across East Tennessee.

Darren Messer | Charleston, S.C.
Messer joins as a financial advisor with more than 20 years of financial services experience. Most recently a commercial relationship manager with Regions Bank, he has experience managing complex commercial relationships and delivering lending, treasury management and capital solutions.

Chris Mills | Tallahassee, Fla.
Mills joins as Tallahassee regional president with 26 years of local banking experience. He most recently served as Tallahassee market president for Truist and has spent his career serving businesses and clients in North Florida.

Ryan Mims | Macon, Ga.
Mims joins as a treasury management advisor after serving as treasury management sales team lead with Renasant Bank. His experience spans commercial banking, specialty finance, healthcare, dealer services, technology and commercial real estate.

Chuck Newell | Tennessee
Newell joins as area executive after a banking career spanning more than four decades. Most recently executive vice president and Tennessee community division president for Simmons Bank, he previously served as a regional community president, president of Centennial Bank Tennessee and president and CEO of Merchants & Planters Bank.

Stacey Richards | Memphis, Tenn.
Richards is a financial advisor with more than 25 years of financial services experience, including private client services, lending and investments. Before joining Pinnacle, she spent nearly 15 years in private client services with First Tennessee Bank and earlier held relationship management and banking leadership roles.

Mark Rohs | Atlanta
Rohs joins as a financial advisor with more than 30 years of commercial banking experience. Most recently a senior commercial banker with Regions Bank, he has deep middle market experience and expertise across credit, treasury, foreign exchange, trade finance, wealth management, equipment finance and capital markets.

Jason Stevens | Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Stevens joins as a financial advisor with more than 20 years of commercial banking experience. Most recently a senior commercial relationship manager and city executive with TD Bank, he managed a $90 million portfolio serving businesses across Beaufort County and the Savannah market.

Abigail “Abby” Wiggins | Pensacola, Fla.
Wiggins joins as a treasury management advisor after 19 years with United Bank of Southwest Alabama & Northwest Florida, including more than 16 years as a business development officer. Her experience adds local relationship and business development depth to Pinnacle’s treasury management capabilities in the Florida Panhandle.

Rob Wilson | Mobile, Ala.
Wilson joins as trust portfolio manager with more than 20 years of investment management and trust experience. A chartered financial analyst, his expertise adds investment management depth to Pinnacle’s expanding trust capabilities in South Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.

*1Q26 hiring figure was revised from 50 based on job reclassifications.

About Pinnacle Financial Partners

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. (“Pinnacle”) is a $130.7 billion asset regional bank which provides a full range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services for commercial and consumer clients who want a comprehensive relationship with their financial institution. The firm joined forces with Synovus Financial Corp. in 2026, bringing together more than 160 years of combined banking service. Pinnacle is the largest bank headquartered in Tennessee and the largest bank holding company headquartered in Georgia. The firm is No. 1 in deposit market share* in the Nashville MSA and No. 4 in the Atlanta MSA with offices in Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, Virginia and Maryland.

Pinnacle is an employer of choice for financial services professionals. The firm is No. 12 in the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® in 2026, its 10th consecutive appearance. Pinnacle was also recognized by American Banker as No. 4 among America’s Best Banks to Work For in 2025, its 13th consecutive year on the list, and No. 1 among banks with more than $10 billion in assets. Learn more about Pinnacle at PNFP.com.

*As of June 30, 2026, according to FDIC data.

Joe Bass
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