Mr. William E. Matthews, V, also known as Will, has been Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of National Commerce Corporation since June 2012 and November 2011 respectively. Mr. Matthews has been a Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer at National Bank of Commerce since June 2012 and November 2011 respectively. He also serves as an Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at First American Bank. He held these positions since February 2005. Mr. Matthews served as a Partner at New Capital Partners. He worked with New Capital Partners from 2009 to 2011 and added his 20 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate financing and investment management in privately-owned and publicly-traded companies. Prior to joining New Capital Partners, Mr. Matthews was an Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Alabama National Bancorporation from 1991 until the company's sale in 2008. Subsequent to the sale, Mr. Matthews served as the Chief Financial Officer at RBC Bank (USA) until he joined New Capital Partners. In addition, Mr. Matthews had management responsibility for several operating divisions including the company's wealth management division, its fixed income investment division and its real estate capital markets division. He served as an Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at NBC from 1998 to February 2005. Mr. Matthews served as Senior Vice President of NBC beginning in 1996. He has been a Director of National Commerce Corporation since October 2010 and National Bank of Commerce. At Alabama National, he served on the Boards of several subsidiary companies. Mr. Matthews earned an M.B.A. degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an A.B. in Economics from Princeton University.