Bio

Gary Penrose joined Performance Trust Investment Banking Group in 2015. Gary brings over 30 years of community bank investment banking experience to Performance Trust advising various community financial institutions on mergers & acquisitions, capital planning and placement, and strategic issues. Before joining Performance Trust, Gary headed Davenport & Company's Financial Institutions Group. Prior to joining Davenport, Gary was Head of the Financial Institutions Investment Banking at Ryan Beck (now Stifel Nicolaus) and Managing Director of Scott & Stringfellow's (now BB&T Capital Markets) Financial Institutions Group. Gary started his banking career at Bank of Virginia (Signet Bank) in Richmond Virginia where he was a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions/Planning Department. Gary received his MBA from the College of William & Mary and his Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern Michigan University. Gary is a frequent speaker to various banking groups, banking trade associations, and bank regulatory agencies across the country as well as a former instructor for SNL Financial's Fundamentals of Bank Valuation.