A 22-year banking professional and a lifelong Warren County resident has been named assistant vice president and branch manager/ mortgage loan officer at First National Bank of Middle Tennessee, Pieter van Vuuren, president and CEO, announced.
Jewell Walker will start at the Smithville Highway location of First National Bank of Middle Tennessee. Her duties will include being the branch manager and mortgage loan officer.
“We are extremely excited to have someone of Jewell’s experience and reputation at our bank,” van Vuuren said. “Jewell is a very well-rounded banker and the type of employee who associates very well with our core values. Having spent most of her career in this community, we feel her addition will make us a stronger bank.”
“We plan to use her skills in several different areas. She will be overseeing the branch operations and will also continue to focus on the origination of home mortgages, as she has in the past. We believe with her addition to FNB Mortgage the bank will grow this department to being the premier mortgage lender in Middle Tennessee.”
 Walker is a member of McMinnville’s Evening Exchange Club and Tennessee Business and Professional Women. She also served two terms as chairman of the Board of the McMinnville-Warren County Chamber of Commerce and is an avid volunteer for Relay for Life, March of Dimes and The American Heart Association.
“I am looking forward to becoming a part of a financial institution with such a rich history in McMinnville and Warren County and whose focus is customer satisfaction and improving the overall customer experience,” Walker said.
Walker can be reached at 473-4402 or at jwalker@fnbfg.com.