About Steve
Mr. Poynot joined Capital Bank in October 2022 as Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and has over 25 years of experience in business development, data and financial analysis, risk management, strategic planning, operations and information management, and technology delivery. Mr. Poynot previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of F&M Trust from February 2022 to September 2022. In this role he had the management responsibility for Commercial & Retail Banking, Information Technology, Deposit & Loan Operations, Project Management, and Facilities. Prior to this role, Mr. Poynot served as Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Howard Bank. Mr. Poynot served Howard Bank in various roles for over 17 years, including serving as Chief Credit Officer for the bank and spent a period of time building out the commercial banking infrastructure for Howard Bank with the creation of the Credit department as well as the Client Services Support Team. Currently, he is responsible for managing day to day operations of the company, directly managing the divisional leaders for sales, credit, branch, product, and operations. Mr. Poynot earned a Master of Business Administration from Loyola University and is a graduate of the University of Baltimore with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance.
