{"id":402059,"date":"2020-12-17T10:12:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=402059"},"modified":"2020-12-17T10:12:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T15:12:21","slug":"southstate-bank-formerly-centerstate-adds-jacksonville-based-middle-market-team-attracts-top-commercial-banking-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/southstate-bank-formerly-centerstate-adds-jacksonville-based-middle-market-team-attracts-top-commercial-banking-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"SouthState Bank, formerly CenterState, Adds Jacksonville-based Middle Market Team, Attracts Top Commercial Banking Talent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-location\">WINTER HAVEN, Fla.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 17, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;<b>\u00a0<\/b>SouthState Bank today announced the addition of a <span class=\"xn-location\">Jacksonville<\/span>-based Middle Market Banking team, as well as the expansion of its Commercial banking talent across the company&#8217;s six-state footprint.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1387754\/South_State_Bank_NA_Logo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1387754\/South_State_Bank_NA_Logo.jpg\" title=\"SouthState logo\" alt=\"SouthState logo\" \/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The SouthState and CenterState Bank merger of equals created a leading regional bank in the Southeast,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Mark Thompson<\/span>, president, Southern Banking Group. &#8220;Having a team of experienced Middle Market bankers based in <span class=\"xn-location\">Jacksonville<\/span>, the largest city in <span class=\"xn-location\">Florida<\/span> 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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the eighth largest bank headquartered in the Southeast, with more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$38 billion<\/span> in assets and a presence in 10 of the 15 top Southeast growth markets, SouthState continues to attract top talent,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Greg Lapointe<\/span>, chief banking officer. &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"xn-location\">Jacksonville<\/span>-based Middle Market team includes <span class=\"xn-person\">David Mann<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Mike Butler<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b><br \/>\n          <span class=\"xn-person\">David Mann<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/b>\u00a0is 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 <span class=\"xn-location\">Florida<\/span> and the Southeast.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b><br \/>\n          <span class=\"xn-person\">Mike Butler<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/b>\u00a0is a 40-year veteran banker who most recently served as managing director of the middle market business in <span class=\"xn-location\">Jacksonville<\/span> 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 <span class=\"xn-location\">Florida<\/span> and also served as the chief credit officer for the Commercial Bank for the state of <span class=\"xn-location\">Florida<\/span>. In addition, Mike served as the regional executive in <span class=\"xn-location\">East Tennessee<\/span> for more than eight years.<\/p>\n<p>To serve the needs of the wide variety of commercial customers SouthState supports across <span class=\"xn-location\">Florida<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Alabama<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Georgia<\/span>, the Carolinas and <span class=\"xn-location\">Virginia<\/span>, the bank has added the following Commercial Bank team members:<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b><br \/>\n          <span class=\"xn-person\">Dane Brantley<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/b><br \/>\n        <i>, commercial banker \u2013 <span class=\"xn-location\">Charlotte, North Carolina<\/span><\/i>, 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. <\/p>\n<p>\n        <b><br \/>\n          <span class=\"xn-person\">Janet Brown<\/span>,<\/b>\u00a0<i>commercial banker \u2013 <span class=\"xn-location\">Fort Mill, South Carolina<\/span>,<\/i> 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 \u2013 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.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b><br \/>\n          <span class=\"xn-person\">Tim Duffee<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/b><br \/>\n        <i>, commercial banker \u2013 <span class=\"xn-location\">Richmond, Virginia<\/span><\/i>, brings more than two decades of experience in a variety of banking roles, most recently having served as market president in <span class=\"xn-location\">Richmond<\/span> for First Community Bank. Duffee also served as commercial relationship manager for SunTrust Bank in <span class=\"xn-location\">Richmond<\/span>. Duffee shares his knowledge with others as an adjunct professor at his alma mater, the <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Richmond<\/span>, and he is very active in his community, serving in roles focused on education and emerging leaders with the Virginia Bankers Association.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b><br \/>\n          <span class=\"xn-person\">Michelle Gaillard<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/b>, <i>commercial banker \u2013 Anderson<\/i>, <i><span class=\"xn-location\">South Carolina<\/span><\/i>, has held positions of increasing responsibility at some of the nation&#8217;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.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b><br \/>\n          <span class=\"xn-person\">Justin Lake<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/b>, <i>commercial banker \u2013 <span class=\"xn-location\">Savannah, Georgia<\/span>,<\/i> has extensive commercial and treasury experience, having held positions in treasury sales at SunTrust Bank, and commercial relationship management and treasury with <span class=\"xn-person\">Cadence Bank<\/span>. 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.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b><br \/>\n          <span class=\"xn-person\">Charlie Sherrill<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/b>, <i>commercial market leader \u2013 <span class=\"xn-location\">Pensacola, Florida<\/span>, <\/i>comes to the role from SunTrust Bank where he was a commercial relationship manager focused on partnering with commercial and industrial (C&amp;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&amp;A). He worked for Hancock Bank for seven years in roles ranging from credit analyst to portfolio manager to commercial banker.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b><br \/>\n          <span class=\"xn-person\">Jonathan Weathers<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/b>, <i>commercial team leader \u2013 <span class=\"xn-location\">Charlotte, North Carolina<\/span>, <\/i>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.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <i>SouthState Corporation (NASDAQ: SSB) is a financial services company headquartered in <span class=\"xn-location\">Winter Haven, Florida<\/span>. South State Bank, N.A., the company&#8217;s nationally chartered bank subsidiary, provides consumer, commercial, mortgage and wealth management solutions to more than one million customers throughout <span class=\"xn-location\">Florida<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Alabama<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Georgia<\/span>, the Carolinas and <span class=\"xn-location\">Virginia<\/span>. The bank also serves clients coast to coast through its correspondent banking division. Additional information is available at <\/i><br \/>\n        <i><br \/>\n          <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3016348-1&amp;h=4026361197&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.southstatebank.com%2F&amp;a=SouthStateBank.com.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">SouthStateBank.com.<\/a><br \/>\n        <\/i>\n      <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder2\">\n<p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1387755\/SouthState_Mark_Thompson_.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1387755\/SouthState_Mark_Thompson_.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p id=\"PURL\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cision\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" alt=\"Cision\" src=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/img\/favicon.png?sn=CL27442&amp;sd=2020-12-17\" \/> View original content to download multimedia:<a id=\"PRNURL\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/southstate-bank-formerly-centerstate-adds-jacksonville-based-middle-market-team-attracts-top-commercial-banking-talent-301194758.html\">http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/southstate-bank-formerly-centerstate-adds-jacksonville-based-middle-market-team-attracts-top-commercial-banking-talent-301194758.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  South State Bank N.A.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=CL27442&amp;Transmission_Id=202012171009PR_NEWS_USPR_____CL27442&amp;DateId=20201217\" style=\"border:0px;width:1px;height:1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PR Newswire WINTER HAVEN, Fla., Dec. 17, 2020 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0SouthState 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&#8217;s six-state footprint. &#8220;The SouthState and CenterState Bank merger of equals created a leading regional bank in the Southeast,&#8221; said Mark Thompson, president, Southern Banking Group. &#8220;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.&#8221; &#8220;As the eighth largest bank headquartered in the Southeast, with more than $38 billion in assets and a presence in 10 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/southstate-bank-formerly-centerstate-adds-jacksonville-based-middle-market-team-attracts-top-commercial-banking-talent\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SouthState Bank, formerly CenterState, Adds Jacksonville-based Middle Market Team, Attracts Top Commercial Banking Talent&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-402059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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