Pinnacle Financial Partners Hires Financial Advisor in Memphis

Long-time financial services professional Whitney Harris has joined Pinnacle Financial Partners as a financial advisor in Memphis at the firm’s Shady Grove office.  

“Pinnacle’s reputation is a magnet for the very best bankers in our market, and Whitney definitely fits that bill,” said Chad Rounder, area manager for Pinnacle Financial Partners. “Her track record of client service and leadership will build on our momentum and expand our firm to serve even more of our business community’s needs.”

Harris comes to Pinnacle with 16 years of financial services experience. She most recently served as first vice president of premier banking at BancorpSouth. In this position, she worked closely with clients in the medical field, providing them with comprehensive financial guidance and planning. She received her master’s and bachelor’s degrees in business administration from the University of Mississippi.

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 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, 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.