Frank J. Cianciola, Retired Founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer of Bank3Holdings, Inc. He began his financial services career at Union Planters Bank in 1973, and from 1984 to 1992, he held a variety of executive positions with Commerce Union Bank. From 1992 to 1995, he served as Chief Financial Officer of The Memphis Group, Inc., an aerospace company. In 1995, he became President and CEO of Victory Bank and Trust, followed by his role as Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Renasant Bank, a Tennessee Corporation. Later, Frank served on the Board of publicly held Renasant Bank (RNST) from 2004 to 2009, and later as Chairman of The Metropolitan Bank.
Cianciola holds a Master’s Degree in Finance from the University of Memphis. He is a Certificate holder from the Graduate School of International Banking (University of Virginia), the Graduate School of Commercial Lending (University of Oklahoma), and the Wharton School Executive Program. He has been an Adjunct instructor in the Economics Department at the University of Memphis. He is a graduate of Leadership Memphis.
Cianciola is a past President of the Economic Club of Memphis, a Regent at the Barrett School of Banking, and a member of the Leadership Council at Youth Villages.
Banking and Finance
2015
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