Skip Thompson partnered with Britt Sexton to purchase Corporate Billing from Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE: RY) in 2009, then served as CEO of Corporate Billing until the finalization of its sale to SouthState Bank (NASDAQ: SSB) in 2019. Thompson led Corporate Billing’s growth into one of the leading factoring companies in the United States. From 1995 to 2008, Thompson served as CEO of First American Bank, the lead bank of Alabama National Bancorp (NASDAQ: ALAB), where he was responsible for $4 billion in bank assets and oversight of Corporate Billing. Alabama National was sold to Royal Bank of Canada in 2008. Thompson previously served as the Huntsville, Alabama, market president for First Commercial Bank, a subsidiary of Synovus Financial Corp subsidiary (NYSE: SNV).
Thompson received his Bachelor of Science degree in finance from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He and his wife have three adult children and eight grandchildren.