Scott Stafford Email Address

Chief Executive Officer

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Scott Stafford is the President and CEO of Evolve Bank & Trust, a cutting-edge bank headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee with roots established in 1925 in the rural communities of Arkansas. With nearly three decades of finance experience, Stafford is growing Evolve in exciting new directions. Evolve has emerged as a leader in designing tech-forward payment processing solutions to move and multiply money. Strengthening today’s economic climate and harnessing the power of tech is the future of Evolve. In addition, Evolve continues to be best in class in commercial and mortgage banking, small business lending, physicians lending, equipment finance and leasing, and trust services. Evolve is proud sponsor the Halloran Centre for Performing Arts and Education, the Levitt Shell, the Cooper-Young Arts Festival, and the River Arts Fest. In 2019, Stafford was named a Power Player by Inside Memphis Business Magazine. Under Stafford’s leadership, Evolve has been listed on Inc. Magazine’s list of the 5000 fastest growing companies three years running. Every year since 2013, Evolve has been named a Top Workplace USA and Top Workplace by The Commercial Appeal. In 2015, Stafford was named CEO of the Year by Inside Memphis Business Magazine. Before Evolve, Stafford served as SVP of National Bank of Commerce, a $20B regional bank which is now part of SunTrust Banks. Stafford also served as an investment banker with Duncan- Williams, Inc. Stafford is a former Board Member and Chairman of the Neighborhood Christian Centers and former Board Member and Treasurer of Young Presidents’ Organization, Board Member of Presbyterian Day School, and Member and Officer of Second Presbyterian Church. Stafford received a Fintech Revolution: Transformative Financial Services and Strategies certification from the University of Pennsylvania, The Wharton School, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Business Degree at the University of Alabama.