Kevin Blair to Join Synovus as New Chief Financial Officer
July 11 2016 - 4:01PM
Business Wire
Synovus Financial Corp. (NYSE: SNV) today announced the
appointment of Kevin Blair as executive vice president and chief
financial officer, effective August 17. Blair currently serves as
corporate treasurer of SunTrust Banks. He succeeds Tommy Prescott,
who announced his retirement earlier this year after nearly 30
years of service.
“We are pleased that Kevin has decided to join Synovus as chief
financial officer,” said Kessel D. Stelling, chairman and CEO of
Synovus. “He is a deeply experienced banker and corporate finance
executive, with a strong appreciation for the vital role banks play
in serving customers and communities.”
Prior to becoming corporate treasurer in 2015 and for the past
18 years, Blair served in various capacities with SunTrust,
including director of SunTrust’s commercial specialty segment,
chairman and chief executive officer of SunTrust’s Georgia/North
Florida region, and in leadership roles in such areas as corporate
strategy, line management, strategic finance, and credit risk
management. He began his financial services career at Signet Bank
in Richmond, Virginia in 1995.
Blair currently serves on the board of directors for the Bank
Administration Institute (BAI) and the Atlanta Area Council for the
Boy Scouts of America. He was previously a director on the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce Board, where he also served as the vice chair
of the Tax and Finance committee, as well as on the board of
America’s Second Harvest for the Coastal Region.
Blair earned a bachelor's degree in Management and Economics
from James Madison University and an MBA from George Washington
University.
Synovus Financial Corp. is a financial services company
based in Columbus, Georgia, with approximately $29 billion in
assets. Synovus provides commercial and retail banking, investment,
and mortgage services to customers through 28 locally-branded
divisions, 253 branches, and 335 ATMs in Georgia, Alabama, South
Carolina, Florida, and Tennessee. Synovus Bank, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Synovus, was recognized as one of America’s Most
Reputable Banks by American Banker and the Reputation Institute in
2015 and 2016. Synovus is on the web at synovus.com, on Twitter
@synovus, and on LinkedIn at
http://linkedin.com/company/synovus.
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