Pinnacle Expands in the National Capital Region with Addition of Veteran Financial Services Leader Scott Kinlaw

Scott Kinlaw, a financial services veteran with 20 years of experience, has joined Pinnacle Financial Partners’ Tysons Corner office. Kinlaw will serve as an area manager for the client advisory group in Northern Virginia, building and leading a team to serve commercial clients in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Maryland.

“Scott brings a wealth of knowledge and reputation for service that align perfectly with Pinnacle’s unique value proposition,” said Carolyne Pelton, regional president. “Like many others, he was drawn to here by the culture and our approach to doing business. We expect his leadership experience to help us accelerate our growth trajectory in this community so we can serve even more businesses in the DMV area.”

Kinlaw joins the firm from EagleBank, where he was the market executive for Washington, D.C. for the last seven years and served as a first senior vice president of commercial lending for 18 years after beginning his career at BB&T. He graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and currently serves on the board of the D.C. Bankers Association where he is a founding member. He also serves on the board of the DC Chamber of Commerce and is an advisor for the Dingman Center Angels.

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 entered the National Capital Region in November 2021 by recruiting six local financial services professionals to open an office in Northern Virginia. The firm was recognized as the No. 6 Best Place to Work in Virginia by Virginia Business magazine in 2020.

The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $49.4 billion in assets as of June 30, 2024. As the second-largest bank holding company 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.