Mr. Martin joined First Tennessee Bank (Memphis) in 1969 as a Customer Service Representative and Assistant Branch Manager. He was Senior Vice President and Manager of Financial Institutions in Memphis before being named Regional President of the Knoxville Bank in 1987. With First Tennessee's merger with Valley Bank in 1991 he was named CEO & Chairman of the Knoxville Bank. In 1997 Mr. Martin was given statewide responsibility for all First Tennessee financial centers outside Memphis. In 2001, he became President of Business Financial Services assuming responsibility for the corporation's business strategy as well as overseeing the Bank's 4 East Regional Markets.

In 2004, Mr. Martin was promoted to Chief Operating Officer for First Tennessee Financial Services with responsibility for all Tennessee Regional Bank Markets, Merchant Services Processing, Hickory Venture Capital, Synaxis Group, and the Commercial, Corporate, and Middle Market Divisions of the Bank.

A native of Jackson, Tennessee he earned his Bachelor of Science Degree in Banking/Finance from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville. He completed the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University and the Graduate School of Credit and Financial Management at Stanford University.

Mr. Martin is currently Chairman of Covenant Health System; The Family Investment Foundation; and, Vice Chair of the East Tennessee Foundation. He is involved in other civic and professional organizations including: United Way of Greater Knoxville, Partnership for Neighborhood Improvement, The Historic Tennessee Theater Foundation, Church Street United Methodist Church, Great Smoky Mountain Council Boy Scouts of America, and Project GRAD. He is past chairman of the Greater Knoxville Chamber of Commerce; Leadership Knoxville; and, headed Knoxville's 1995 United Way campaign.

He and his wife Jane have two daughters, Hope (27) and Meg (24).

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