Officers
Pin Pin Chau, President & CEO
Pin Pin Chau has many years of banking experience with fifteen years in the Atlanta banking market. This was preceded by a successful banking career in New York with a focus on domestic and international assignments and executive management positions. Pin Pin is active in the community, having served on multiple boards including the board of Public Broadcasting Atlanta as Treasurer, the Georgia Research Alliance, Oglethorpe University, and Coe College. She has also served gubernatorial appointments to the Georgia Department of Trade, Industry and Tourism and the Public Finance Committee of the Governor’s Commission for a New Georgia. She graduated magna cum laude from Coe College and received a MA degree from Yale University. She is a graduate of Stonier Graduate School of Banking and a member of Leadership Atlanta. Pin Pin is the recipient of the Shining Star Award from the Atlanta Women’s Foundation and the Legacy of Leadership Award from the Center for Leadership and Civic Engagement.
Jorge L. Forment, Chief Financial Officer
Jorge L. Forment joined Touchmark National Bank and its parent company Touchmark Bancshares, Inc. as its Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer in July 2010. Mr. Forment has over 30 years of banking experience in the community bank arena.
Prior to joining Touchmark National Bank, Mr. Forment served as President & Chief Executive Officer of United Americas Bank and United Americas Bankshares, Inc. when he joined the Bank during its organization in April of 1999 as a founding investor. Mr. Forment has previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for two community banks in North Georgia. He started his banking career as a National Bank Examiner with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
Mr. Forment was graduated from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida and received a Certified Professional Banker designation from the Graduate School of Banking for Community Bank Management from Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia.
James E. LeBow, Chief Credit Officer
James LeBow has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry in metropolitan Atlanta. He held various lending and risk management positions at SunTrust Bank from 1980 through 2004. Prior to joining Touchmark he served as a division president for Georgia Trust Bank. James graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BS in Business Administration. He later earned his MBA in Finance from Georgia State University. James is actively involved in the Northside United Methodist Church, as well as in development efforts at the Westminster Schools and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. He is also a past member of the Board of Directors of the Lando Land Company.
