Nalls will use his 30 years of experience to lead his team of commercial lenders, namely Ronald Hobson and Michael Marsden, and increase Provident’s market share of government contractor business in the Mid-Atlantic."Under Bill's leadership, Provident Bank will add even greater focus and direction to an already active segment of our business," said Commercial Banking Group Manager Hugh Newton.
Nalls comes to Provident with an extensive government contractor background. Prior to filling his current position, he served as Executive Vice President of First Horizon Bank in Fairfax, VA and as Managing Director of the Windsor Group in Reston, VA, where he provided investment banking services to area government contracting companies. Nalls is also credited with organizing and managing a very successful government contractor lending unit at the former Signet Bank in McLean, VA. In addition, he brings a wealth of marketing, sales, and mergers and acquisitions expertise to Provident.
"Provident has a culture and reputation of providing value-added services to the business community," said Nalls. "We are well positioned to serve the banking needs of the growing government contractor community," he added.
Nalls completed his undergraduate and graduate work at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, VA, earning an MBA and B.S. degree in Finance. He is the past Board Member of the Capital Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth and currently resides in Arlington, VA.