Jeffrey Neikirk, Caperton Putt and Wes Childers have joined the Citizens Commercial Banking team in Atlanta as part of the bank’s expansion in the Southeast Region.

Neikirk most recently was managing director and group head at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, where he led the Southeastern Corporate Banking Group. Previously, he was a managing director at BBVA Compass and Citigroup in Atlanta.

Putt joins the Citizens Commercial Real Estate Finance team from Iberiabank, where he was chief credit officer. Previously, he had a successful 20-year career at Wachovia where he served as market manager and regional executive in their Real Estate Financial Services Group.

Childers brings a strong track record of delivering solutions to meet clients’ treasury solutions needs. He joins Citizens from Bank of America where he was a SVP Senior Treasury Sales Officer and most recently worked as a director of strategy and initiatives.

“Jeff, Cap and Wes will be invaluable to us as we work to provide the best service for our clients in the Southeast and to achieve our goals in 2017 and beyond,” said Brian Peters, Southeast Regional executive for Citizens Bank.