United Community Bank adds middle market lending team in South Carolina
June 29, 2016
Tommy DeMint to Lead Bankers Based in Greenville and Charleston
GREENVILLE, SC – United Community Bank is pleased to welcome three new members to its Corporate Banking platform. The newly added Middle Market Banking team is led by Senior Vice President Tommy DeMint out of Greenville, S.C. The team also includes James Boccardo and Jeff Wilson, who both join the Bank as a Vice President. Boccardo is based in Greenville and Wilson will be based in Charleston, S.C. Collectively, the new team brings nearly 40 years of experience primarily related to corporate banking and capital markets.
“We are very happy to add this dynamic and experienced group to our Corporate Banking team,” said Charles Chamberlain, Director of Corporate Banking at United Community Bank. “Tommy’s leadership of this highly effective team will undoubtedly prove very successful for us and we look forward to working with this group across the Carolinas.”
Tommy DeMint, James Boccardo and Jeff Wilson
The Middle Market Banking platform at UCB is a specialty line of business that is primarily responsible for originating and executing transactions for sponsored and non-sponsored companies based in the Southeast with revenues greater than $50 million. The team is led by Tommy DeMint, a fifteen-year veteran of financial services who has extensive experience in corporate banking and capital markets in the Carolinas. DeMint earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of South Carolina and a master’s degree in business administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
“United Community Bank is a perfect fit for our team,” said DeMint. “Through United, we are able to effectively serve our customers with the resources they need while providing them with a high level of personal service they value. We look forward to working with the United teams across North and South Carolina.”
James Boccardo, based in Greenville, will be primarily responsible for leading the team’s underwriting and execution efforts. Boccardo has more than twelve years of financial experience and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Jeff Wilson is based in Charleston, S.C. and will help lead the team’s origination activity. Wilson has more than eleven years of experience in commercial banking across the Southeast and earned his bachelor’s degree in Finance from Wake Forest University.
About United Community Bank
United Community Banks, Inc. (UCBI) is a bank holding company based in Blairsville, Georgia, with $9.8 billion in assets. The company’s banking subsidiary, United Community Bank, is one of the Southeast’s largest full-service banks, operating 135 offices in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. The bank specializes in personalized community banking services for individuals, small businesses and corporations. Services include a full range of consumer and commercial banking services including mortgage, advisory, and treasury management. United Community Banks is consistently recognized for its outstanding customer service by respected national research firms. In 2016, United Community Bank was ranked first in customer satisfaction in the southeast by J.D. Power for the third consecutive year, and again in 2016 was ranked among the top 100 on the Forbes list of America’s Best Banks. Additional information about the company and the bank’s full range of products and services can be found at www.ucbi.com.
