Pinnacle Adds Three New Associates in Memphis Region

Pinnacle Financial Partners welcomed three financial veterans to its Memphis team. Seasoned professionals Jason Crochrell, Bess Lewis and Alex Neale bring decades of combined financial experience to the firm.

“The growth of Pinnacle in the Memphis area is a direct result of the exceptional talent drawn to our unique culture and service approach,” said Phillip May, Memphis regional president. “These experienced bankers have quickly become integral to our Memphis team, fully embracing Pinnacle’s values and consistently delivering quality service to our clients and the broader community.”

Crochrell serves as the office leader at the Memphis Oak Court office. He has 18 years of experience and came to the firm from Truist, where he served as a cluster senior branch manager. Throughout his career, Crochrell also worked at Regions and Bank of America. He received his bachelor’s degree from LeMoyne- Owen College.

Lewis serves at the Memphis Shady Grove office as a financial advisor. She comes to Pinnacle with 16 years of experience, most recently serving as a senior vice president and relationship manager of private banking at Simmons Bank. Lewis also has experience at Triumph Bank, Renasant Bank, Commercial Bank and Trust Company, and First Tennessee Bank. She graduated from the University of Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in business and marketing. She is actively involved in the community, volunteering with several organizations including St. Jude Gold Luncheon, Power of the Purse Auction, Cirque de CMOM (Children’s Museum of Memphis) and Binghamton Christian Academy.

Neale also serves as a financial advisor at the Memphis Shady Grove office, bringing over 15 years of financial services experience to the firm. He previously served as a relationship manager and senior vice president, commercial lending for Simmons Bank. He also served in key leadership roles for Financial Federal Bank and Renasant Bank throughout this career. He received his bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In the community, he currently serves on the board for Memphis Inner City Rugby and has served in board positions with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Memphis.

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 and fastest growing bank in the Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin MSA, according to 2023 deposit data from the FDIC. Pinnacle is No. 11 on the 2024 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For® in the U.S., its eighth consecutive appearance and was recognized by American Banker as one of America’s Best Banks to Work For 11 years in a row and No. 1 among banks with more than $10 billion in assets in 2023.

Pinnacle has served Memphis since 2015 when it acquired Magna Bank. Since then, Pinnacle has become the official bank of the Memphis Grizzlies and FedExForum and was named a “Top 10 Company to Watch in 2017” by the Greater Memphis Chamber. Pinnacle was named No. 1 “Best Place to Work” by the Memphis Business Journal in seven of the last eight years.

The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN, in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $50.7 billion in assets as of September 30, 2024. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in several 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.