Pinnacle Financial Partners Grows Its Upstate Team and Leadership

Experienced banker Bradley Cox has joined Pinnacle Financial Partners as a financial advisor in Greenville. He brings 21 years of experience in the Upstate and is based at the firm’s McBee Avenue office.

“At Pinnacle, the first question we will always ask about a candidate is whether they can meaningfully contribute to our best-in-class culture of service, advice and partnership,” said Will Hodge, Pinnacle’s area manager for the commercial banking team in Upstate South Carolina. “Bradley is the perfect example of an experienced banker who has a reputation for being a skilled and knowledgeable partner for his clients and his co-workers. We’re all thrilled that he chose to join our team.”

Cox comes to Pinnacle from Park National Bank, where he served as relationship manager. He also worked in the same capacity at HomeTrust Bank and Park Sterling Bank. Cox earned his bachelor’s degree with a concentration in business administration from Anderson University.

Hodge, who recently moved into a leadership role in the Upstate, leads the team Cox has joined. Hodge came to the firm in 2017 as a financial advisor with a primary focus on family-run businesses that need guidance in debt and treasury management strategies.

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, is listed by Forbes among the top 25 banks in the nation and earned a spot on the 2022 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For® in the U.S., its sixth consecutive appearance. American Banker recognized Pinnacle as one of America’s Best Banks to Work For nine years in a row and No. 1 among banks with more than $11 billion in assets in 2021.

Pinnacle entered the South Carolina market in 2017 when it acquired BNC Bancorp, offering community bank service with the resources and sophistication of a larger firm. Pinnacle was named the No. 1 Top Workplace in South Carolina, midsize companies category, in 2022 and 2021 by Charleston Business Magazine, Greenville Business Magazine and Columbia Business Monthly, with top 10 finishes in 2019 and 2020. 

The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN, in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $41.0 billion in assets as of September 30, 2022. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in 15 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.