WINTER
HAVEN, Fla., Sept. 18,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SouthState Bank today announced
the expansion of its presence in Virginia, with the addition of an office and a
team in Hampton Roads.
"As a leading regional bank in the Southeast, we are excited to
now serve the nearly 1.8 million people and the many strong
communities that make up the Hampton
Roads market in Virginia,"
said Bobby Cowgill, Virginia state president. "The Hampton Roads
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is the 37th largest
in the country and a natural place for SouthState to expand its
presence with a location and a team of talented bankers. SouthState
currently serves Southeastern coastal and maritime markets along
the Atlantic Seaboard, and we are eager to leverage our experience
and capabilities in the Hampton
Roads maritime community."
The bank has established a commercial banking office in the
Virginia Beach town center area
and is pleased to add the following talent with more than 100 years
of combined banking experience to its team:
Adam Jobe – Hampton Roads market executive and Commercial
team leader, Virginia Beach, Virginia – is a native of Hampton Roads and has spent nearly two decades
in banking in the market. He comes to SouthState having held a
variety of roles with financial institutions in Hampton Roads including his most recent role
where he was Norfolk market
executive responsible for a team of commercial bankers and branch
managers for nearly a decade. Jobe coaches various youth sports, is
on the board of the 504 Capital Corporation, has served on the
Ghent Business Association board, and is currently a member of the
Virginia Maritime Association and the 757 Chapter of the
Association for Corporate Growth.
Scott McNeill – senior
Commercial banker, Newport News, Virginia – has more than 20 years of financial
services experience and has spent the past 15 years in the
Hampton Roads market. Prior to
joining South State, McNeill co-founded the Peninsula loan
production office for a commercial bank, after spending time in
various commercial relationship management roles in Newport News and the Virginia Peninsula earlier in his career.
McNeill is a recent graduate of the Virginia Bankers School of Bank
Management.
Janson Greene – Commercial
banker, Virginia Beach,
Virginia – also a native of Hampton Roads, brings more than two decades of
in-market banking experience to his role at SouthState. Greene's
banking specialty is medical professional lending, and we look
forward to using his expertise to benefit medical professionals in
the Hampton Roads area.
Dorsa Shahrestani – Commercial
portfolio manager, Chesapeake,
Virginia – comes to the role with more than a decade of
portfolio management and commercial credit analyst experience. She
has worked in markets of varying sizes across the Eastern Seaboard,
including large markets like Boston and Virginia
Beach.
Helen Quinn – Commercial loan
assistant, Hampton, Virginia –
is a native of Hampton Roads and
brings more than 30 years of banking experience in the market to
her role at SouthState. During her career, she has held a variety
of roles and responsibilities, including working as a loan
assistant for various financial institutions. Quinn brings
experience in CRE, C&I, and consumer lending with her to her
position at SouthState.
SouthState Corporation (NASDAQ: SSB) is a financial services
company headquartered in Winter Haven,
Florida. SouthState Bank, N.A., the company's nationally
chartered bank subsidiary, provides consumer, commercial, mortgage
and wealth management solutions to more than one million customers
throughout Florida, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia. The bank also serves clients coast
to coast through its correspondent banking division. Additional
information is available at SouthStateBank.com.
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