WALTER DAVIS

Walter Davis is a member of Axum’s advisory board.  He is a founding member of Peachtree Providence Partners Holding Company, LLC, a consulting firm with a focus on small to middle-market businesses. Mr. Davis chaired the Economic Inclusion Task Force for the United States Government.

Mr. Davis is the former Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer of CertusBank, where he oversaw and developed the strategic direction and capital formation that helped grow the organization into a $1.9 billion financial institution.

Prior to co-founding CertusBank, Mr. Davis served as  Executive Vice President of Retail Credit and Mortgage Direct Lending at Wachovia Corporation, where he led Wachovia’s nationwide originations, underwriting, servicing, settlement services, and default management functions for the Bank’s $70 billion retail credit and small business portfolios.

Prior to joining Wachovia, Mr. Davis was an executive at Bank of America in the Real Estate Syndicated Capital Markets Group. He was responsible for the structure and distribution of the Bank’s real-estate transactions nationally.

Mr. Davis holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of South Carolina.   He also serves as a Trustee on the Business Partnership Foundation Board at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.