Meet our team
Robert "Rob" L. Persons
Senior Vice President; Director of Advisory Services
Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®)
Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor (CTFA)
Series 7 and 66 Securities Licenses1
Rob provides financial, estate, and investment advice for clients. He is part of an integrated team committed to understanding a family’s unique goals and developing a comprehensive plan to help achieve those goals. In addition, Rob serves on the firm’s Investment Committee, Asset Allocation Committee, as well as the Investment Review and Administrative Review Committees.
Prior to joining Synovus in 2007, he was a Financial Advisor for Merrill Lynch. Rob received a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Georgia Terry College of Business.
Albert "Bert" H. Mullin
Senior Vice President;
Lead Family Office Advisor
Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor (CTFA)
Bert has 25 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining the Synovus team in 2004, he served as a Senior Vice President and Trust Officer with SunTrust. Bert began his career as an Attorney at Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis and Rothschild, in Columbus, Ga.
Bert received his J.D. from the Georgia State University School of Law and his B.A. from the University of Georgia.
Hamilton Hilsman, IV
Senior Vice President;
Director of the Bradley Family Office
The Private Family Office represents the founding family of The Family Office at Synovus. Hamilton is responsible for providing this family with financial and estate planning, investment strategies, family governance, and charitable giving support.
Hamilton has more than 23 years of experience in the financial services industry, including serving as Vice President, Commercial Lender for Synovus Financial Corp., and Vice President, Relationship Manager for SunTrust Private Client Group. Hamilton earned his M.B.A. and a B.A. in History from the University of Georgia.
Jeffery "Jeff" W. Gordon
Senior Vice President;
Director of Fiduciary Services
Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®)
Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor (CTFA)
Jeff is responsible for estate administration, fiduciary-related administrative duties, and liaison to the Synovus Trust Company, N.A. regarding audit and regulatory concerns.
Jeff has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining Synovus in 1993, he served as Assistant Vice President and Relationship Manager for Bank of America, and was a Trust Officer with SunTrust. He received his B.S. in Political Science with a minor in Economics from Columbus State University. He is also a graduate of the Southern Trust School at Birmingham Southern College and the National Graduate Trust School at Northwestern University.
Jamie Smith Nicholson
Senior Vice President; Lead Family Office Advisor
Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor (CTFA)
Jamie is the Team Lead and Lead Family Office Advisor for The Family Office at Synovus in Nashville.
Prior to joining the Synovus team, she served as Vice President and Trust Officer at SunTrust in Nashville, Vice President and Client Advisor with SunTrust in Washington, D.C., and Senior Vice President and Team Lead at Truxton Trust. Jamie earned her J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law and her B.S. in Social Science from Cumberland University.
James "Jay" Dickinson
Vice President; Senior Family Office Advisor
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®)
Jay is responsible for providing clients with financial and estate planning, investments, and family governance guidance. He serves on the firm’s Investment Committee and Alternatives Committee.
Jay has more than 20 years’ of financial services industry experience. Prior to joining the Synovus team in 2003, he was a Senior Tax Accountant for Stephen M. Berman & Associates CPAs. He earned his M.B.A. from the University of Georgia, with concentrations in Finance, Real Estate and Entrepreneurship. He received a B.S. in Finance, with a concentration in Investments, from Clemson University.
Brandon Fields
Vice President; Senior Family Office Advisor
Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®)
Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor (CTFA)
Series 7 and 66 Securities Licenses1
Brandon serves as primary Family Office Advisor for several multi-generational client families.
During his 14 years with Synovus, he has served in a variety of positions, including Wealth Advisor, Corporate Lender, Commercial Real Estate Lender, and Commercial Underwriter. Brandon earned his M.B.A. from Columbus State University and his B.B.A. from the University of Georgia.
George Kent
Vice President; Senior Family Office Advisor
George has more than 32 years of experience in the financial services industry. He provides financial, estate and investment advice for his family clients, including trust administration, investment management, estate and wealth transfer planning, and charitable giving.
George earned his J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law, and his B.A. from Davidson College. Additionally, he is a graduate of Southern and Cannon Trust Schools.
Henry "Hank" G. Moore, IV
Vice President; Family Office Advisor
Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®)
Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor (CTFA)
Hank serves as the primary Family Office Advisor for several client families. Since joining Synovus in 2017, he works to provide family office services to many of our multi-generational client families. In this role, he helps identify the goals and objectives of each client to provide comprehensive financial planning analysis, investment strategies, and charitable giving facilitation.
Hank earned his MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a concentration in Capital Markets and Investments, and he received his BS in Business Administration from the University of Richmond.
Jennifer Wellborn
Vice President; Senior Family Office Advisor
The Bradley Family Office at Synovus
Jennifer provides financial, estate, and investment advice to client families as well as helps them with philanthropic planning. She manages a large family foundation, and coordinates multiple family education initiatives, such as family retreats, seminars, and one-on-one sessions.
Prior to joining the Synovus team in 2003, she was an attorney with Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, Columbus, Ga., specializing in corporate, trust and estate work. Jennifer received her J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law. Her undergraduate degree in Journalism is also from the University of Georgia.
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