Tom O Connor
CapStar Bank CEO Tim Schools has recruited a longtime banker from the former BB&T to be the bank s Middle Tennessee market president.
Tom O’Connor has joined CapStar as the $3 billion lender is ramping up its hiring engine and aiming to take its loan growth 5 percent in 2020 up a gear. He will lead the 12-year-old bank’s business development and customer service efforts in the greater Nashville market, taking over the president role from Ken Webb, who is now Middle Tennessee chairman. Webb, who helped launch CapStar and was its chief development officer, had been in the regional role since August 2019, shortly after Schools joined the bank.
West Coast veteran has 25+ years of financial experience
Evan Barker
CapStar Bank has brought on board a senior vice president focused on growing its health care book of business.
Evan Barker has joined downtown-based CapStar with more than 25 years of banking and financing experience. He has during his career worked with specialty physician groups, management and dental service organizations, urgent care facilities and surgery centers, among other specialists. He recently moved to Nashville from Southern California, where he had been a senior VP at both HomeStreet Bank, a publicly traded $7.3 billion institution, and at Silvergate Bank.
“Health care has always been an important strategic focus for CapStar and makes up a considerable portion of our portfolio,” said Ken Webb, CapStar’s Middle Tennessee president. “We’re excited to invest in bankers like Evan who fully understand the sector and will be highly skilled partners for our health care clients. His leadership an