Pinnacle Hires Veteran Advisors, Eyes Mobile Area

Pinnacle Financial Partners said it has hired three veteran financial advisors “to spearhead an equipment finance effort with a nationwide scope.” Kris Foster has joined the firm to lead the equipment finance initiative. Greg Pinchback and Jason Fronheiser have joined as financial advisors. Foster is based in Nashville, Pinchback in Houston and Fronheiser in Dallas. Foster brings 24 years of experience to Pinnacle, most recently as a regional sales manager for Wells Fargo Equipment Finance in Louisville, Kentucky. Fronheiser has 14 years of experience in financial services and also comes from Wells Fargo. Pinchback, Pinnacle’s most active financial advisor in Mobile, has 23 years of experience and also comes from Wells Fargo, where he was a relationship manager for equipment finance working with middle-market companies in the Gulf Coast region. He explained, “I typically did around $20-35 million in loans annually in Mobile and Baldwin counties. I did a lot of that work in partnership with Chris Bledsoe and Pat Sullivan, who are also now at Pinnacle, based in Birmingham but with many clients in Mobile. We primarily worked on equipment loans and leasing, serving local companies in timber, marine, transportation, manufacturing and logistics. We financed and leased marine assets, inland commercial marine equipment, aircraft, manufacturing machinery and a lot more. We’re anxious to dig back into Mobile and get back to work.”