Stacey L. Wall

President & Chief Executive Officer

Stacey received a B.B.A. from the University of Mississippi in 1981 and is a 1993 graduate of Cannon Financial Institute in Advanced Trust Investments. Prior to founding Pinnacle Trust in 1997, he served as Chief Investment Officer for a regional financial institution with responsibility for approximately $1 billion under investment management. Stacey is a member of the Advisory Council of SEI Investments of Oaks, Pennsylvania, and the University of Mississippi Philanthropy Advisory Council. He is a past president of the Board of Directors of the Gateway Rescue Mission. Stacey has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Independent Trust Companies and the Metro Business Chronicle. He a past member of the Investment Policy Board of the General H. Louis Wilson Fund of Millsaps College, the Millsaps College Estate Planning Council, the Estate Planning Council of Mississippi, and the Belhaven College Foundation Estate Planning Advisory Council.

During his career, Stacey has been a guest speaker for various groups throughout the southeast as well as a frequent guest on various radio programs. He is a past host of the “Pinnacle Trust Hour” radio program and was a featured speaker at the 1998 National Association of Independent Trust Companies Annual Conference in New Orleans. Stacey has nearly 30 years of experience as an investment professional.

In June of 2003, The Clarion Ledger reported, “Stacey Wall… the President and CEO of Jackson-based Pinnacle Trust has built an excellent reputation for predicting the market. Once again, he was right on the money – literally.”

In February of 2000, Stacey predicted the end of the technology and internet stock explosion. "Ninety percent of internet stocks are overvalued", Stacey said during his annual economic forecast in January, 2000. "The mania will end. It always does. And not with a whimper, but a bang." Just one month later, the NASDAQ – the index most associated with internet and technology stocks – peaked and begin a slide that ended 22 months later after a nearly 80% decline.

In the mid-90s, Stacey forecast the massive technological boom that has exponentially increased business productivity in the United States. In 1999, he labeled Y2k "Y2not!" as Stacey correctly predicted concerns regarding computer conversions were overblown.