CenterState Banks, Inc. announced that it has appointed Chris Nichols as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of the company. Chris was previously President and CEO of PCBB Capital Markets and co-author of the Banc Investment Daily. As CSO, Chris will play a key leadership role in developing the company's business strategy, identifying market opportunities and accelerating product innovation to support the Bank in executing against growth opportunities.

Chris will help shape the company's long-term strategy, particularly in the areas of customer engagement, risk management, marketing, banking technology and the application of predictive analytics to both credit and profitability. In addition, Chris will partner with Brad Jones, Correspondent Division Manager, to bring the same products and services that Chris designs for the company to its network of over 600+ financial institutional customers.