Pinnacle Financial Partners announced that Trish Thiele and Quinn Antshel have joined Pinnacle’s equipment finance team.

Thiele is a Financial Advisor Assistant, supporting financial advisors and helping to serve equipment finance clients. She has more than 20 years of financial services experience and comes to Pinnacle most recently from Camber Road. Prior roles included serving as an equipment finance Lead Account Manager at Wells Fargo and a sales representative at Alta Technologies, Inc.

Thiele graduated from the accounting program at Globe College of Business in Saint Paul, MN, as an accounting specialist.

“We’re excited to add Trish and her wealth of experience to the team,” said Kris Foster, President of equipment finance at Pinnacle. “She has a proven history of providing high levels of customer service and strong expertise in all facets of the documentation and funding process. In her role, Trish will help to build out equipment finance processes and infrastructure.”

Antshel is a Credit Advisor based at Pinnacle’s Refinery office in Charlotte, NC. With more than 25 years of experience, Quinn joins Pinnacle from Wells Fargo, where he served as Vice President and Senior Credit Underwriting Officer. Previously, he was a Business Development Officer and Relationship Manager for NCB Capital Impact.

Antshel earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University in New York.

“Quinn’s experience makes him a valuable addition to our equipment finance team,” said Mike Scheidt, Senior Credit Officer for Pinnacle “His expertise in credit underwriting and portfolio management is critical to the continued growth and success of equipment finance and further enhances Pinnacle’s commitment to provide distinctive service and effective advice to our clients.”

For more on Pinnacle’s equipment finance team and plans, see the Equipment Finance Advisor’s interview with Kris Foster.