James R. Pollock joined the Company on August 12, 2024 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Development Officer of the Company and Chief Commercial Lending Officer of the Bank. Previously, Mr. Pollock worked at Wilmington Trust, a provider of wealth and institutional services and a subsidiary of M&T Bank Corporation, from 2015 until August 2024. Mr. Pollock most recently served as Senior Vice President and Head of Relationship Management at Wilmington Trust, where he led consolidated relationship management teams in corporate fiduciary services.
During his nine years at Wilmington Trust, Mr. Pollock also served as Senior Vice President and Head of Sub-Agency, where he led a component of the loan agency business and managed large-scale projects such as the LIBOR transition to replacement benchmarks. His earlier roles at the firm included Vice President of Product Development and Business Lead for a multi-year international expansion initiative, in which he implemented a conduct risk framework for the parent company. Mr. Pollock was a founding member of the Institutional Client Services Product Development Team, which launched Wilmington Trust’s collateralized loan obligation business. He began his financial services career at PNC Bank as a business banker.
Mr. Pollock earned his Master of Business Administration from Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, where he graduated as Salutatorian and was recognized as a McDonough Scholar. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude, in Philosophy from Gettysburg College. Mr. Pollock is actively involved in his community, and has served as a Deacon of the Georgetown Presbyterian Church.
