WINTER HAVEN, Fla.,
Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/
-- SouthState Bank today announced the addition of a
Jacksonville-based Middle Market
Banking team, as well as the expansion of its Commercial banking
talent across the company's six-state footprint.
"The SouthState and CenterState Bank merger of equals created a
leading regional bank in the Southeast," said Mark Thompson, president, Southern Banking
Group. "Having a team of experienced Middle Market bankers based in
Jacksonville, the largest city in
Florida and in the Southeastern
U.S., enables us to deliver top-tier products and services to meet
the unique needs of commercial middle market companies."
"As the eighth largest bank headquartered in the Southeast, with
more than $38 billion in assets and a
presence in 10 of the 15 top Southeast growth markets, SouthState
continues to attract top talent," said Greg
Lapointe, chief banking officer. "We are incredibly pleased
to continue to grow our Commercial Bank through the addition of
these bankers, as we expand our capabilities to meet the needs of
our growing commercial customer base."
The Jacksonville-based Middle
Market team includes David Mann and
Mike Butler.
David Mann is named
director of Middle Market banking for the Southern Banking Group,
bringing more than 30 years of experience in roles of increasing
responsibility at SunTrust Bank. Most recently, Mann served as the
national/regional CRE banking executive at SunTrust. He has held
executive regional leadership roles and strategic growth roles and
has extensive market experience in Florida and the Southeast.
Mike Butler is a
40-year veteran banker who most recently served as managing
director of the middle market business in Jacksonville for J.P.Morgan Chase Bank. He
also spent more than 20 years with SunTrust Bank where he was the
commercial line of business manager for the state of Florida and also served as the chief credit
officer for the Commercial Bank for the state of Florida. In addition, Mike served as the
regional executive in East
Tennessee for more than eight years.
To serve the needs of the wide variety of commercial customers
SouthState supports across Florida, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia, the bank has added the following
Commercial Bank team members:
Dane Brantley,
commercial banker – Charlotte, North
Carolina, brings nearly a decade of experience in the
business banking segment of Wells Fargo to his role of commercial
banker. Prior to working for Wells Fargo, Brantley was a credit
analyst at Fifth Third Bank.
Janet
Brown, commercial banker – Fort Mill, South Carolina, brings more
than two decades of experience in commercial banking to her
position, including having worked for Fidelity Bank, SunTrust Bank,
RBC Centura, and General Electric Capital – Small Business Finance.
Brown has a wealth of experience in owner-occupied and commercial
real estate, as well as business expansion, equipment finance and
Small Business Administration loans.
Tim Duffee, commercial
banker – Richmond, Virginia,
brings more than two decades of experience in a variety of banking
roles, most recently having served as market president in
Richmond for First Community Bank.
Duffee also served as commercial relationship manager for SunTrust
Bank in Richmond. Duffee shares
his knowledge with others as an adjunct professor at his alma
mater, the University of Richmond, and
he is very active in his community, serving in roles focused on
education and emerging leaders with the Virginia Bankers
Association.
Michelle Gaillard,
commercial banker – Anderson, South Carolina, has held positions of
increasing responsibility at some of the nation's leading banking
institutions, including Wells Fargo and SunTrust Bank. Most
recently, she was a principle relationship manager with Wells
Fargo. Gaillard is focused on building relationships and delivering
excellent service to her commercial customers, which is what makes
her an invaluable asset to their team.
Justin Lake, commercial
banker – Savannah, Georgia,
has extensive commercial and treasury experience, having held
positions in treasury sales at SunTrust Bank, and commercial
relationship management and treasury with Cadence Bank. For more than a decade, Lake has
delivered customized financial solutions to business clients to
maximize their cash flow and working capital needs in order to
promote growth.
Charlie Sherrill,
commercial market leader – Pensacola,
Florida, comes to the role from SunTrust Bank where he
was a commercial relationship manager focused on partnering with
commercial and industrial (C&I) businesses to provide
advisory-based solutions for capital needs and liquidity
management. During his time at SunTrust, he supported Small
Business Administration clients, as well as capital markets,
treasury management and investment banking mergers and acquisitions
(M&A). He worked for Hancock Bank for seven years in roles
ranging from credit analyst to portfolio manager to commercial
banker.
Jonathan Weathers,
commercial team leader – Charlotte,
North Carolina, brings 15 years of banking experience,
most recently as a business services team leader with Truist.
Weathers specializes in building relationships with commercial and
middle market clients and assisting them with cash flow and budget
analysis, credit structure, process improvements and change
management.
SouthState Corporation (NASDAQ: SSB) is a financial services
company headquartered in Winter Haven,
Florida. South State Bank, N.A., the company's nationally
chartered bank subsidiary, provides consumer, commercial, mortgage
and wealth management solutions to more than one million customers
throughout Florida, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia. The bank also serves clients coast
to coast through its correspondent banking division. Additional
information is available at SouthStateBank.com.
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