Dr. Harris Pastides serves as Independent Director of the Company. He is the former President of the University of South Carolina, a position he held from August 2008 to July 2019. From 2003 to 2008, Dr. Pastides served as vice president for research and health sciences and dean of the Arnold School of Public Health and as executive director of the South Carolina Research Foundation. He joined the University of South Carolina in 1998 as Dean of the School of Public Health and as a professor of epidemiology. Dr. Pastides played a key role in the establishment of Health Sciences South Carolina, a consortium of the state’s research universities and leading hospital systems, and an integral part in the development of Innovista, the university’s 500-acre innovation and research district. Prior to joining the University of South Carolina, Dr. Pastides held various positions at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst for over 13 years, including professor of epidemiology and chairman of the department of biostatistics and epidemiology. He serves on the board of trustees of the American Medical Association and as a member of our local advisory board in South Carolina. In addition, Dr. Pastides has served on a number of professional organizations and civic boards, including the South Carolina Governors School for the Arts and Humanities, S.C. River Alliance, the Council on Research Policy and Graduate Education and EngenuitySC. He received a master’s in public health, a master’s of philosophy degree in epidemiology and his doctorate degree from Yale University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Albany, State University of New York.
As the Independent Director of Synovus, the total compensation of Harris Pastides at Synovus is $185,550. There are 13 executives at Synovus getting paid more, with Kessel Stelling having the highest compensation of $5,190,440.
Harris Pastides is 64, he's been the Independent Director of Synovus since 2014. There are 8 older and 15 younger executives at Synovus. The oldest executive at Synovus Financial Corp. is F. Dixon Brooke, 72, who is the Independent Director.
Harris's mailing address filed with the SEC is P.O. BOX 120, , COLUMBUS, GA, 31902.
Over the last 20 years, insiders at Synovus have traded over $32,138,094 worth of Synovus stock and bought 2,328,897 units worth $14,789,259 . The most active insiders traders include Daniel P Amos, Philip W Tomlinson, and James H Blanchard. On average, Synovus executives and independent directors trade stock every 29 days with the average trade being worth of $1,149,853. The most recent stock trade was executed by Thomas T Dierdorff on 24 July 2024, trading 614 units of SNV stock currently worth $28,367.
synovus financial corp. is a financial services company based in columbus, georgia, with approximately $28 billion in assets. synovus provides commercial and retail banking, investment, and mortgage services to customers through 28 locally-branded divisions, 258 branches, and 341 atms in georgia, alabama, south carolina, florida, and tennessee. synovus bank was named one of america's most reputable banks by american banker and the reputation institute in 2015. see synovus on the web at synovus.com and on twitter @synovus.
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