Fast-growing Nashville, Tenn.-based Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc. is entering the Atlanta banking market, and has snagged Synovus Financial Corp.’s division CEO for north Georgia to lead its “de novo” start up.
Pinnacle (Nasdaq: PNFP), the No. 1 ranked bank in the Nashville metropolitan area and second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, said Wednesday it’s hired Synovus’s Rob Garcia to be its Atlanta president.
“The timing for our entry into Atlanta is perfect, and we’ve…