Veteran Banking Leader David Kozak Joins Pinnacle Financial Partners in Asheville

David Kozak has joined Pinnacle Financial Partners as a senior vice president and financial advisor supporting Pinnacle’s client advisory team. He is based at the firm’s Asheville office on Hendersonville Road.

Kozak has three decades of leadership success and brings a wide array of skills in commercial and consumer banking earned at major financial institutions. He most recently served as the chief credit officer at Asheville Savings Bank. Before that, he led SunTrust’s commercial banking team in the region and was a senior business banking account manager with RBC Centura Bank. He also served in roles at Catawba Valley Bank and First Savings Bank.

“David has been a financial leader in our area for decades, and his experience in commercial banking is exactly what we want,” said Kevin Watson, Pinnacle’s area manager in Asheville. “David and others like him are coming to Pinnacle because they see the potential to serve their clients better than ever before. We will continue to grow our team with superstars like him so we can help more of our community’s businesses thrive.”

Kozak earned his bachelor’s degree from King’s College in Pennsylvania. He has served on multiple nonprofit boards and committees, including the Asheville Rotary Club, United Way, WNC Red Cross, Avista Business Development Corporation, Kiwanis Club of East Burke, Hickory Kiwanis Club, Kiwanis Foundation, Catawba County Home Builders and the Exchange Club of Hickory.   

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.