Kevin Pote, the long-time senior ​v​ice ​p​resident and ​b​usiness ​b​anking ​m​anager at Wells Fargo,​ ​has joined ​P​innacle ​Bank​ in the Kenton Place office. Pinnacle picked up the ​former ​B​ank of ​N​orth ​C​arolina​ in June of 2017 in a merger that created a Top 50 banking franchise with $20 billion​ in assets and $14 billion in loans​.

​Pote is the ​senior vice president ​and ​commercia​l​ banker​, with responsibilities from Lake Norman to Concord and into Charlotte. The Michigan State graduate move here in 2004 with SouthTrust. American Banker recognized Pinnacle as the sixth-best bank to work for in 2016.