Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. announced that Mark Imig, former regional manager for corporate banking at First Horizon, will lead the team as company’s regional president in Birmingham. He is joined by Pat Sullivan and Chris Bledsoe, both experienced financial advisors serving commercial clients, and credit advisor Rayna Hawthorne. Imig has 25 years of experience in commercial and real estate lending, with 23 of those at Wells Fargo. He led Wells’ commercial banking team covering Alabama and the surrounding region for ten years working for Sam Belk, who is now a senior lending officer at Pinnacle. He oversaw the lending and credit teams, as well as treasury services and business support. Imig left Wells in 2019 to join IBERIABANK just a short time before it merged with First Horizon. In addition to Imig, the Birmingham team includes: Pat Sullivan – Financial Advisor: Sullivan has more than 16 years of experience in commercial banking, syndicated finance, mergers and acquisitions, international trade, foreign exchange and treasury management. He joins Pinnacle from Wells Fargo Bank, where he was responsible for commercial banking client relationships in the Alabama/Mississippi region for three years. Prior to that, Sullivan was with JP Morgan Chase for seven years serving the same geographic region. Sullivan earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama’s College of Communication and Information Sciences. Chris Bledsoe – Financial Advisor: Bledsoe has worked in commercial banking since 2003, starting at AmSouth and moving to Wachovia, which became Wells Fargo, where he remained until late 2019 as a middle market banker. He most recently worked at First Horizon, formerly IBERIABANK, as a commercial relationship manager. Bledsoe gained experience serving a number of industries including healthcare, waste and recycling, technology, life sciences and more. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama. Rayna Hawthorne – Credit Advisor: Hawthorne comes to Pinnacle from First Horizon with 18 years of experience in both lending and credit. She was a portfolio manager at First Horizon and Wells Fargo before that. At First Horizon, she was responsible for underwriting and monitoring complex commercial transactions and syndicated deals. In her time at Bank of America, JP Morgan, Wells and First Horizon, she gained expertise in every step of the credit process, from managing documents to working directly with clients in collaboration with lenders and managing overall pipelines and portfolios. She earned her bachelor’s degree at the University of Alabama and volunteers with the United Way of Central Alabama.