Pinnacle Financial Partners Adds Veteran Financial Services Professional to Raleigh Office

Veteran financial services professional Sekhar Pinapaka, has joined Pinnacle Financial Partners as a financial advisor at the firm’s Raleigh Village District office on Oberlin Road. Pinapaka brings 32 years of experience to the firm.

“Sekhar has been in this business for a long time and brings all that experience and expertise to our new office in the Village District,” said Natanya Chadwick, regional manager for Pinnacle. “He’s a proven relationship builder with a heart to serve from the class of top tier bankers who have fueled our growth in eastern North Carolina. It’s an honor to have him join us.”

Before joining the firm, Pinapaka served as a cluster branch leader and vice president for Truist. He also served in various leadership roles for BB&T. He graduated with both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration before attending the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Delaware and Georgetown University. Outside of work, Pinapaka is an active member of the Raleigh banking community, previously serving as a chairman for Truist’s Triangle Region Asian/Pacific Islander Business Resource group, as well as the Truist/Town of Cary Diwali group. Additionally, he received commendation from the City of Raleigh with the Baker Lambert Award for Community Service.

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 North Carolina market in 2017 when it acquired BNC Bancorp, offering community bank service with the resources and sophistication of a larger firm. Pinnacle is ranked as the No. 1 workplace in the Triad, Triangle and Charlotte markets, as listed by the Triad Business Journal, Triangle Business Journal and Charlotte Observer.  

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 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.