Pinnacle Financial Partners and Synovus Financial Corp. have announced the anticipated membership of the board of directors upon finalization of the merger of the two entities.

The combined 15-member board will include eight legacy directors from Pinnacle (Nasdaq: PNFP ) and seven from Synovus (NYSE: SNV ), with six independent directors from each company.

Terry Turner Photo: Eric England

Pinnacle’s current president and CEO Terry Turner will serve as non-executive chair of the board, while Synovus director Tim Bentsen will serve as lead director.

As reported by the Post , the companies announced Nov. 26 a greenlight from the Federal Reserve System Board of Governors for the merger of the two regional financial institutions.

With shareholders of both institutions approving

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