Financial Advisor Wendy Sharpe Joins Pinnacle Financial Partners

Veteran Banker Wendy Sharpe has recently joined Pinnacle Financial Partners as a senior vice president and financial advisor supporting Pinnacle’s client services team. She is based at the firm’s office on Falls of Neuse Road.

Sharpe brings 25 years of financial services experience from BB&T, where she served in a variety of roles including commercial and business banker, mortgage lender and financial wellness consultant officer.

“Wendy has a long career marked by success in the Raleigh market and consistently providing clients with first-class service and advice,” said Dave Baukema, Pinnacle’s area manager for client services in Raleigh. “We are quickly becoming the workplace of choice for the best bankers in our market, and Wendy is a perfect example of the kind of talent drawn to our way of doing business. She is an exceptional addition to our team.” 

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 earned a place on FORTUNE’s 2017 and 2018 lists of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the U.S., and American Banker recognized Pinnacle as one of America’s Best Banks to Work For six years in a row.

Pinnacle entered the North Carolina market in 2017 when it acquired BNC Bancorp, known locally as Bank of North Carolina. Pinnacle continues BNC’s practice of offering community bank service with the resources and sophistication of a larger firm.

The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $24.6 billion in assets as of Sept. 30, 2018. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in 11 primarily urban markets in Tennessee, the Carolinas and Virginia.

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