Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida Announces Executive Appointments
July 09, 2021 at 01:31 am IST
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Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida announced the continued expansion of its commercial banking leadership team. The bank is adding James Norton as executive vice president and commercial real estate executive, Chris Rolle as president of the West Florida region, and Robert Hursh as market president for Pinellas County. James Norton joins Seacoast as executive vice president, commercial real estate executive covering the state of Florida. Norton brings 20 years of experience in commercial real estate to Seacoast Bank. Prior to joining Seacoast, James was based in Tampa and led the expansion of BB&T’s commercial real estate business statewide before relocating to the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. Most recently, Norton served as real estate banking director covering the Mid-Atlantic market at J.P. Morgan Chase. He also held leadership positions with IronStone Bank and SunTrust Bank in the Southeast U.S. Chris Rolle joins Seacoast as president of the West Florida region, extending from the Tampa Bay area to Naples-Ft. Myers. Rolle is a Tampa native and a former executive at Synovus Bank, Florida Community Bank, and BB&T covering both the Tampa Bay area and Central Florida market. Rolle has a strong track record of success building high-performing commercial banking teams. Robert Hursh joins Seacoast as market president in Pinellas County, where he will lead market initiatives and further grow Seacoast’s presence. Hursh, a Pinellas County native, has over 20 years of experience in leading commercial banking teams in the Tampa-St. Petersburg MSA, most recently as senior vice president with Synovus Bank. Hursh will partner with Cathy Swanson, market executive for Pinellas County, who joined Seacoast in August 2020 after serving as Freedom Bank’s chief executive officer & president.
Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida is a financial holding company. The Company's principal subsidiary is Seacoast National Bank (Seacoast Bank), a wholly owned national banking association. It provides integrated financial services, including commercial and consumer banking, wealth management and mortgage services to customers through online and mobile banking solutions and Seacoast Bank's network consists of over 75 traditional branches and commercial banking centers. Its loans held for investment are categorized as construction and land development, commercial real estate-owner-occupied, commercial real estate-non-owner-occupied, residential real estate, commercial and financial, and consumer and paycheck protection program. Its offices stretch from the southeast, including Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton and Palm Beach, north along the east coast to the Daytona area, into Orlando and Central Florida and the adjacent Tampa market, and west to Okeechobee and surrounding counties.