Pinnacle Financial Partners : Christian Bonner Joins Pinnacle Financial Partners in Atlanta

March 06, 2024

Christian Bonner has joined the Atlanta team of Pinnacle Financial Partners as senior vice president and financial advisor at the firm's Riverwood office, further growing Pinnacle's capacity to serve the community. He brings more than 10 years of financial services experience to his new role.

"Pinnacle continues to attract experienced professionals like Christian with the wisdom of many years in the industry and the autonomy to work in the clients' best interest," said Susan Hampton, area manager for Pinnacle Financial Partners in Atlanta. "In addition to his wealth of knowledge in financial services, Christian is extremely well-regarded within the business community and has earned a reputation for partnership and professionalism that will serve Pinnacle clients well."

Prior to joining Pinnacle, Bonner served in various roles at Wells Fargo, most recently as a business banker and vice president of commercial banking. He earned his bachelor's degree in business administration, with a concentration on economics and finance, from The Ohio State University.

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 is the No. 1 bank in the Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin MSA, according to 2022 deposit data from the FDIC, and is listed by Forbes as No. 27 among America's Best Banks, higher than any other bank headquartered in Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina or Georgia. Pinnacle also earned a spot on the 2023 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For® in the U.S., its seventh consecutive appearance, and was recognized by American Banker as one of America's Best Banks to Work For 10 years in a row and No. 1 among banks with more than $11 billion in assets in 2022.

Pinnacle expanded to Georgia in 2020 by hiring a team of local financial services professionals to start an office in Atlanta. The firm was named the No. 1 Best Place to Work, medium company category, by the Atlanta Business Chronicle in 2022.

The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, Tenn., in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $48.0 billion in assets as of Dec. 31, 2023. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in 17 primarily urban markets across the Southeast.

Additional information concerning Pinnacle, which is included in the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index, can be accessed at www.pnfp.com.