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Ameris Bank
Ameris Bank is an asset manager based in Atlanta, founded 1971; the Altss profile covers its classification, headquarters, registration, AUM band, and key...
Ameris Bank
Ameris Bank is a bank that has made one investment, deploying $75 million in total capital. The firm focuses on the Energy sector.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
1971
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Atlanta
Corporate office
Atlanta, GA, United States
Principals
H. Palmer Proctor Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Ameris Bank?
H. Palmer Proctor Jr. serves as CEO and a director of Ameris Bancorp, the publicly traded holding company. Investment and lending decisions reside with the bank's credit committee and its line-of-business heads, not a family-office investment committee. Proctor has shaped the bank's acquisition-oriented growth strategy since the early 2000s.
Does Ameris Bank operate any private equity or venture capital investment programs?
No. Ameris Bank is a commercial bank, not a fund-of-funds or direct-investment platform. Its 'investment' activity consists of direct lending — commercial real estate, C&I loans, SBA 7(a) and 504 loans, residential mortgages, and insurance premium finance. It is an origination-and-hold bank, not an allocator deploying capital to outside managers.
How is Ameris Bank related to the Proctor family?
H. Palmer Proctor Jr. has served as CEO since the early 2000s, and his family previously operated a chain of community banks. The bank is publicly traded; the Proctor family's current percentage ownership is not disclosed in detail beyond standard SEC filings for executive holdings.
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