Jeffrey Adams, Managing Director Jeff joined Banks Street Partners as a Managing Director in 2012 and has been involved in transactions representing more than $3.0 billion in value during his 19-year investment banking career. Prior to joining Banks Street Partners, he was a Managing Director with Carson Medlin, A Division of Monroe Securities, Inc. where he headed the firm's Atlanta office and was responsible for advising financial services companies on a range of strategic initiatives including capital raising transactions and mergers and acquisitions. In addition, Jeff performed various other advisory assignments for clients including common stock valuations, goodwill impairment tests, strategic planning consults and capital plan development. Jeff also is a frequent guest speaker at banking industry conferences and management forums and has been a guest lecturer at the SNL Bank Analyst Training Program and the North Carolina School of Banking. Early in his investment banking career, Jeff spent eight years in the financial institutions group at Trident Securities and later, KeyBanc Capital Markets as an Associate and Vice President where he assisted Southeast-based community banks in the execution of capital raising mandates and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to Trident, Jeff was a Vice President and City Executive for the State Employees Credit Union, a $31 billion asset credit union headquartered in Raleigh, NC.