Mr. Britton brings over 25 years of experience and joins First Foundation from Texas Security Bank where he has been the Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer since March 2022. Prior, he served as Executive Vice President, Director of Corporate Finance and Director of Investor Relations for Texas Capital Bank (Nasdaq: TCBI), where from September 2013 to March 2022 he oversaw several functions, including strategic and financial planning, financial forecasting, and stress testing, as well as investor communications. He also served as Group Vice President, Capital Adequacy and Stress Testing for SunTrust Bank with responsibility for capital management, capital adequacy, and stress testing from June 2006 to September 2013. Mr. Britton began his career in Andersen Consulting’s/Accenture’s consulting practice supporting a range of clients before moving to banking.
Mr. Britton received his master of science degree in quantitative and computational finance (financial engineering) from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a bachelor of science in mathematics from Arizona State University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) charterholder.