06/29/2017
Three Senior Executives Join Citizens Commercial Banking in Atlanta as Bank Continues to Build Out Southeast Region Team
Expansion adds Corporate, Commercial Real Estate and Treasury Solutions bankers
ATLANTA – Citizens Bank is expanding its Southeast Region team by adding three senior banking executives who have deep experience in providing innovative financial solutions for corporate clients in the Southeast.
Jeffrey Neikirk, Caperton Putt and Wes Childers have recently joined the Citizens Commercial Banking team in Atlanta.
An experienced corporate banker, Neikirk most recently was Managing Director and Group Head at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey where he led the Southeastern Corporate Banking Group. Previously, he was a Managing Director at BBVA Compass and Citigroup in Atlanta. A graduate of Davidson College, Neikirk has an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He also served in the U.S. Army.
Putt joins the Citizens Commercial Real Estate Finance team from Iberiabank, where he was chief credit officer. Previously, he had a successful 20-year career at Wachovia where he served as Market Manager and Regional Executive in their Real Estate Financial Services Group. He is a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia.
Childers brings a strong track record of delivering solutions to meet clients’ treasury solutions needs. He joins Citizens from Bank of America where he was a SVP Senior Treasury Sales Officer and most recently worked as a director of strategy and initiatives. A graduate of Auburn University, Childers has an MBA from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
“Jeff, Cap and Wes will be invaluable to us as we work to provide the best service for our clients in the Southeast and to achieve our goals in 2017 and beyond,” said Brian Peters, Southeast Regional Executive for Citizens Bank.
Citizens is a strategic and financial partner, offering deep expertise, great ideas and seamless deal execution. The Citizens Commercial Banking approach puts clients first, and offers solutions that help clients make the best decisions throughout the life cycle of their business.
For more information about Citizens, visit the Citizens Commercial Banking website.
About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest financial institutions, with $150.3 billion in assets as of March 31, 2017. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, Citizens offers a broad range of retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions. In Consumer Banking, Citizens helps its retail customers “bank better” with mobile and online banking, a 24/7 customer contact center and the convenience of approximately 3,200 ATMs and approximately 1,200 Citizens Bank branches in 11 states in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Citizens also provides wealth management, mortgage lending, auto lending, student lending and commercial banking services in select markets nationwide. In Commercial Banking, Citizens offers corporate, institutional and not-for-profit clients a full range of wholesale banking products and services including lending and deposits, capital markets, treasury services, foreign exchange and interest hedging, leasing and asset finance, specialty finance and trade finance.
Citizens operates through its subsidiaries Citizens Bank, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania as Citizens Bank, Citizens Commercial Banking and Citizens One. Additional information about Citizens and its full line of products and services can be found at www.citizensbank.com.
