Veteran Financial Services Professional Beth Toney Joins Pinnacle Financial Partners in The Upstate

Pinnacle Financial Partners has tapped a veteran banking leader with deep roots and experience in South Carolina to join its growing client advisory team in Upstate South Carolina. Beth Toney joins the firm as a financial advisor at the McBee Avenue office. She brings 26 years of financial experience with an emphasis on high net worth private banking and advisory services.

“Beth and her wealth of knowledge aligns with what Pinnacle offers in South Carolina,” said Will Hodge, Pinnacle’s area manager for client advisory. ”She has a track record for delivering a personal, community-bank level of service. Like many others, she was drawn to Pinnacle by the culture and our approach to doing business, and she will help us build on our success in this community.”

Beth joins Pinnacle from PNC Bank where she served as a senior relationship strategist. Prior to that, she served in various roles at Truist, BB&T, SunTrust, Fort Hood National Bank and First Citizens Bank. She holds several certifications including, a Florida Life Health and Variable Insurance license, NASD Series 7 General Securities license, NASD Series 24 General Securities Principal license, NASD Series 26 Investment Company and Variable Contracts Products Principal license and a NASD Series 66 Registered Agent and Investment Advisor. She also serves her community through various philanthropic efforts including serving as a current member of Greenville Women Giving.

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 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 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 $45.1 billion in assets as of March 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.