Bill Bobbora

Bill Bobbora, CBO

Mr. Bobbora joined the bank in October 2021. With over 30 years of corporate finance experience in banking and investing in private companies, Mr. Bobbora’s expertise is centered around building middle market corporate banking platforms and supporting the bank’s overall growth strategy. He previously served as Managing Director at Regions Bank, where he led the Houston, South Texas and Louisiana corporate and investment banking activities. Prior to that, Mr. Bobbora was at Cadence Bank where he was part of the team that launched their middle market banking platform and where he built their chemical and specialty services industry verticals. He was part of the Wachovia corporate banking team and co-founded a Houston office for KeyBank Capital Markets. Mr. Bobbora began his career in banking with Texas Commerce Bank (a predecessor to JP Morgan Chase). He spends his time outside of the bank giving back to students of the Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship and the Commercial Banking program at the University of Houston. He also serves on the Bauer Business School Advisory Board and the Commercial Banking Advisory Board at UH. Mr. Bobbora is a member of the Advance Team advisory Board of MD Anderson Cancer Center, and a co-founder of a mentoring organization, uwantgame. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska and received his MBA from The University of Texas.