Scott Cathcart

Head of Corporate Finance, Truist, WINTER PARK

Cathcart joined Truist, a leading commercial bank, in 2004 and has worked across the bank’s wholesale business, including middle market banking, corporate banking and corporate finance. He serves on the Florida Council of 100 and works locally with Lift Orlando and Faine House, nonprofits in the greater Orlando area that work to empower individuals to reach their full potential and set them on a path to long-term prosperity.

EDUCATION: Wake Forest University (BA), Emory University (MBA)

MENTOR: My father. He was a great example of someone who always put forward a persistent daily effort.

READING: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't, by Jim Collins, and Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol S. Dweck.

INSPIRING FLORIDIAN: Harvey L. Massey. Not only was he a successful business and family man, but he was a visionary for his community and strong advocate for the state of Florida.

MOTIVATIONAL MANTRA: Inspire those around me to be their best.

WHAT I’VE LEARNED: It’s important to stay in your lane, until it’s time to change lanes.