Jim Brown
Senior Vice President, SBA Banker
james.brown@cadencebank.com
678.982.2160
Jim Brown is responsible for generating new SBA program loans nationwide, including opportunities for business acquisitions, owner-occupied commercial building purchases, equipment purchases, franchise lending and start-up businesses.
Jim is a career banker and has more than 35 years lending experience and 28 years of SBA-specific experience. Prior to joining Cadence, Jim spent seven years as Managing Director of SBA Banking for a regional bank.
Jim is a graduate of the Graduate School of Banking at LSU and completed C&S Bank’s Commercial Credit School in Atlanta. He is also a graduate of Leadership Cobb County.
Jim has served on the Board of Capital Partners, a non-profit SBA 504 Certified Development Company in Atlanta, since 2003, and is a former Chairman of the Board. He currently serves as a Board Member for the Georgia Quality Lenders Circle.
Jim holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance from The University of West Georgia. He and his wife Melanie live in The Villages, FL.