Commerce Street Capital, LLC, a Dallas-based investment banking firm, recently promoted Chris Meadows to Managing Director of the Bank Capital Group. Meadows, who joined CSC in 2013, was previously Senior Vice President of the firm’s Bank Capital Group. This announcement was made today by Dory Wiley, President and CEO of CSC.

“Chris has been a valuable member of the Bank Capital Group at Commerce Street for more than three years and we’re pleased to promote him to the role of Managing Director,” said Wiley. “We’re confident that he will continue to help our clients grow in size, improve efficiency and increase value.”

Meadows, who works out of the firm’s Greensboro, North Carolina-area office, will continue to advise and manage the capital-raising efforts for community banks. He will also work on-site with the banks’ management and directors as well as the communities to which they market.

Meadows has more than 20 years of experience in business management as well as sales management and operations. Prior to joining CSC in 2013, he developed capital-raising experience as Vice President at Community Capital Advisors and served as Senior Vice President with Compass Point Research & Trading. His sales background includes securities and insurance sales with Merrill Lynch and Mass Mutual.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, and he studied history and economics at The University of London in England. Meadows holds numerous securities licenses.

About Commerce Street Capital

Commerce Street Capital, LLC (“CSC”) is a private investment banking firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Led by veterans of the banking industry, CSC specializes in investment banking services (mergers and acquisitions, valuations and regulatory issue advising) and bank development (on-site consulting, sales and management of bank capital raises, market assessments and the bank regulatory application process). The firm provides tailored solutions for all or part of a financial institution's business lifecycle. For more information, visit www.commercestreetcapital.com or call 214-545-6800. CSC is a member of FINRA/SIPC.