WINTER HAVEN, Fla.,
Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/
-- SouthState Bank continues to expand its Commercial and
Wealth lines of business with top-tier talent, adding nine bankers
to its team.
"SouthState's cultural cornerstones of local market leadership,
creating remarkable experiences and developing meaningful and
lasting relationships resonate not only with customers, but also
with bankers who view us as an employer of choice and a true
alternative to big banks," said Greg
Lapointe, chief banking officer. "These top producers are
eager to be part of the SouthState growth story, and we welcome
them to the team."
The following bankers have joined the SouthState team:
John Lane – commercial team
leader, Raleigh, North
Carolina - joins SouthState from Truist and predecessor
BB&T. His banking career spans more than 15 years,
including the past nine years as a commercial banker covering the
Triangle region of North Carolina. His primary focus has been
on developing and maintaining commercial and industrial (C&I)
relationships across a broad mix of industries, a skillset and
experience that he will rely upon to help build out SouthState's
commercial team and presence in the Raleigh market.
David Adams – director of
governmental and not-for-profit banking, Charlotte, North Carolina – has more than 30
years of experience in the not-for-profit and governmental finance
industry, serving as an investment banker for 26 years, most
recently with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. Adams has
financed complex governmental, public-private and not-for-profit
transactions across the SouthState footprint. He will work with
local teammates to create more comprehensive, value-added
relationships with existing and prospective clients in this dynamic
market segment.
Alison
Welborn – commercial
banker, Orlando,
Florida – brings more than 30 years of banking and sales
experience to the role. For the past nine years, she was a senior
business banker at Bank of America, where she managed clients in
the healthcare and general industries. Welborn previously worked
for Chase Bank, Wells Fargo and
Barnett Bank.
Eric Yi –
commercial banker, Atlanta, Georgia – has more than 22 years of
banking experience with PNC and Truist. He brings
extensive commercial and C&I banking
expertise in the manufacturing and fabrication
industries, including detailed experience with automotive
manufacturing in Georgia,
Alabama and Tennessee.
Shaun Vernon – commercial
banker, Atlanta,
Georgia – joins SouthState with more than 15 years of
experience in the banking industry. He has excelled in similar
roles with both PNC and JP Morgan Chase during his career and will
draw upon his experience to benefit clients in metro
Atlanta.
Scot Bradley – commercial
banker, Orlando, Florida – is
a seasoned banker with more than 30 years of experience, including
business banking and commercial relationship management roles with
Chase Bank, Wells Fargo, Fifth Third
and Hancock Bank. Bradley is also a veteran of the U.S. Navy.
Robert Keith – commercial
banker, Atlanta, Georgia
– has been a commercial banker and real estate lender in metro
Atlanta for more than 25 years and
brings significant experience and local-market contacts to
SouthState. Most recently, he worked for Bank OZK, and he also
previously worked for Regions Bank. In both banks he served as a
commercial banking officer.
Christina Hunter –
relationship manager, St. Lucie
County, Florida – comes to the role from Bank of America
where she was a business banker managing an extensive portfolio of
more than 550 clients in St. Lucie
and Martin counties. In her role,
Hunter will draw on her experience and centers of influence to grow
the St. Lucie market, including
loans, deposits and treasury management.
Brad Humphries – wealth
advisor – Columbia, South
Carolina – brings more than 14 years of experience in wealth
management, including trust administration, financial planning,
investment consulting and insurance. Humphries is a Certified
Financial planner (CFP®), a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®),
Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®) and holds a Certification for
Long Term Care (CLTC).
SouthState Corporation (NASDAQ: SSB) is a financial services
company headquartered in Winter Haven,
Florida. SouthState 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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