Glenn Orr is the former Chairman and CEO of Southern National Corporation, an $8 billion bank holding company located in North Carolina. Mr. Orr has been involved in over seventy-five merger transactions during his career, including the 1995 merger of equals between Southern National Corporation and BB&T. At that time, it was the largest in-state merger in North Carolina history. The Southern National and BB&T transaction was also selected by SNL Securities as one of the top ten bank mergers of the 1990’s in the United States.

E-mail:  lorr@theorrgroup.com

Laney Orr provides The Orr Group’s clients with a combination of M&A, finance and real estate expertise. Mr. Orr has successfully completed merger, acquisition and financing transactions for clients in a wide variety of industries over the past twenty-five years. Prior to co-founding The Orr Group, Mr. Orr served in NationsBank’s Corporate Lending Group where his client base consisted of middle market companies throughout the Carolinas. Mr. Orr’s experience also includes working with Highwoods Properties, one of the Southeast’s largest commercial REITS. Laney holds an undergraduate degree from the UNC-Chapel Hill.

E-mail:  asmith@theorrgroup.com

Alex Smith has completed M&A assignments, financial valuations and strategic analyses for clients in a variety of industries. With more than twenty years of investment banking experience at The Orr Group, Mr. Smith brings a wide variety of investment banking expertise to each client. Prior to joining The Orr Group, Mr. Smith gained significant capital markets experience within the Merrill Lynch Private Client Group and with BankBoston Corporation. Mr. Smith holds an undergraduate degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and is a CFA charter holder.

E-mail:  dcannon@theorrgroup.com

Drew Cannon has more than fifteen years of investment banking experience with the Orr Group and has completed M&A assignments, financial valuations and strategic analyses for clients in a variety of industries while with The Orr Group. Mr. Cannon received his MBA at the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University with a concentration in finance. He attended Wake Forest as a Dean’s Scholar and graduated with multiple honors including the Babcock Award for scholastic performance and leadership and the Stephen B. Tips Award for outstanding character. Mr. Cannon holds an undergraduate degree from UNC-Chapel Hill and is a CFA charterholder.

E-mail:  thinkle@theorrgroup.com

Tammy Hinkle has more than twenty-five years of experience with The Orr Group and has extensive experience in supporting M&A and financing transactions as well as coordinating workflow and timelines for due diligence and closings. Prior to joining The Orr Group, Mrs. Hinkle was an executive administrative assistant with BB&T.