Experienced Banker Ben Wheeler Joins Pinnacle Financial Partners' Green Hills Office

Ben Wheeler has joined Pinnacle Financial Partners as a financial advisor based in the Green Hills office on Cleghorn Avenue. He brings 15 years of financial services experience to the firm, most recently as vice president and private client relationship manager at First Horizon. 

“Ben is a tremendous addition to our team,” said Bobby Edwards, office leader for Pinnacle Financial Partners. “He is exactly the kind of advisor we need to deliver Pinnacle’s level of distinctive service and effective advice. Ben has long standing relationships in the industry and has earned a reputation for working with care and understanding for his clients.” 

Prior to his work at First Horizon, Ben was a retail banking leader at SunTrust Bank and account executive at Carty and Company. He earned his bachelor’s from Auburn University.

Pinnacle Financial Partners provides a full range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services designed for businesses and their owners and individuals interested in a comprehensive relationship with their financial institution. The firm is the No. 1 bank in the Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin MSA, according to 2022 deposit data from the FDIC, and is listed by Forbes as No. 27 among America’s Best Banks, higher than any other bank headquartered in Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina or Georgia. Pinnacle also earned a spot on the 2023 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For^® in the U.S., its seventh consecutive appearance, and was recognized by American Banker as one of America’s Best Banks to Work For 10 years in a row and No. 1 among banks with more than $11 billion in assets in 2022.

Pinnacle owns a 49% interest in BHG Financial, which provides innovative, hassle-free financial solutions to health care practitioners and other professionals. Great Place to Work and FORTUNE have listed BHG as a best workplace in multiple categories since 2016. 
The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, Tenn., in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $48.0 billion in assets as of Dec. 31, 2023. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in 17 primarily urban markets across the Southeast.

 Additional information concerning Pinnacle, which is included in the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index, can be accessed at www.pnfp.com.