Year: 2021

Chartwell Partners was honored to work with HemoShear Therapeutics on the recruitment of Pat Horn as Chief Medical Officer. Based in Charlotteville, VA, HemoShear is a privately held clinical stage company developing treatments for rare metabolic disorders with significant unmet patient need. HST5040, an oral small molecule drug, is HemoShear’s lead development program and is…

Chartwell Partners is pleased to announce the placement of Cameron Nofi as Senior Vice President, Finance with VeraBank. Nofi will be responsible for the annual budget process, monthly/quarterly forecasts, long-term planning, and monthly reporting, as well as consolidated total company reporting. He will serve as a trusted partner and thought leader with senior management to…

Chartwell Partners is pleased to announce that Renee Galitis recently joined TBK Bank as Chief Information Officer. In this role, Galitis will lead and provide strategic direction to both a mature community bank as well as a fast-growing transportation FinTech business within a publicly-traded and regulated financial institution environment. Galitis joins TBK from Caliber Home…

Chartwell Partners congratulates our placement John Schaffitzel on his new role as President, Highland Industrial Park. Reporting to Highland Resources’ Chief Executive Officer, Schaffitzel will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of HRI’s largest asset including the direct supervision of approximately 80 company employees located at Highland Industrial Park. As a highly visible community leader,…

Chartwell Partners congratulates our placement Key Coker on his new role as President – Dallas/Fort Worth Market at First Horizon.  Coker will be responsible for leading the North Texas Metroplex for the bank.  As the First Horizon brand is new to the market, Coker will lead the evolution of the bank after its Iberia acquisition. …

Chartwell Partners congratulates our placement Jordan Pedigo on his new role as Chief Financial Officer of UBank. As CFO, Pedigo will serve as a senior member of the management team and a key contributor to the overall strategic direction and day-to-day management of the business from both a financial and operational perspective. Pedigo joins UBank…

Chartwell Partners is pleased to announce that Candice Hill recently joined UBank as Treasury Management Officer. In this role, Hill will be responsible for further building UBank’s Treasury Management platform, marketing and selling UBank’s Treasury Management suite of products to existing and new commercial customers; soliciting new core commercial deposits; and acting as relationship manager…

Chartwell Partners recruited industry executive and neurologist, Chris Kenney, MD, as Chief Medical Officer for Xenon Pharmaceuticals, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company committed to developing innovative therapeutics to improve the lives of patients with neurological disorders. Most recently, Dr. Kenney served as Chief Medical Officer for Cadent Therapeutics, a company focused on developing positive allosteric…

Chartwell Partners is pleased to announce the placement of Stephanie Lyles as Senior Vice President and Chief Credit Officer with TransPecos Banks.  Lyles will be responsible for leading the credit risk function for TransPecos Banks’ shareholders and customers, while enabling the bank’s strategic initiatives. Lyles spent the last ten years at Broadway National Bank, most…

Chartwell Partners congratulates our placement Pat Brekken on his role as Chief Financial Officer at BankWest in Pierre, SD. Brekken will be responsible for the leadership and strategic direction of the Finance and Accounting area and will play a significant role in sustaining the bank’s long history of profitable, steady growth. Brekken joined BankWest from…