Pinnacle Financial Partners announced that veteran Asset Manager Art Doering has joined Pinnacle’s equipment finance team. Doering comes to Pinnacle with more than 30 years of proven valuation and asset/portfolio management experience in the capital equipment leasing industry.

“We’re excited to add Art and his wealth of experience to the team,” said Kris Foster, President of Equipment Finance at Pinnacle. “The opportunity to bring on an asset manager of Art’s caliber and stature at this inaugural stage of our equipment finance practice demonstrates Pinnacles’ long-term commitment to the business. His leadership, knowledge and prior contributions to the launch of a successful equipment finance enterprise comes at a perfect time for us, and his asset and risk management expertise will be critical to our continued growth and success.”

Prior to joining Pinnacle, Doering served as Vice President of The Asset Management Group at Wells Fargo equipment finance. Other roles include Executive Director/Senior Vice President of Risk at Chase Equipment Finance/JPMorgan Chase, Senior Director at Alvarez and Marsal Valuation Services and Director/Senior Vice President of Asset/Portfolio Management at RBS/Citizens Asset Finance, Inc.

Doering earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from DePaul University in Chicago.

For more on Pinnacle Financial Partners' Equipment Finance team see an Equipment Finance Advisor interview with Foster.