Successful financial solutions are Amber Benavides’s passion. As Chief Credit Officer for MidCountry Bank, she knows understanding the needs of the customer is paramount to achieving success. With extensive experience in the financial industry, she possesses an exceptional acumen for delivering great customer service. The credit team’s effectiveness comes from Amber leading the charge to build and implement quality in all processes and procedures. By making decisions based on facts and data, combined with local market experience and industry knowledge, she leads her team to effective organization and communication to make timely, appropriate decisions. Driving quality, communication, and processes with industry-based knowledge Amber is a stellar example of MidCountry’s values.

Amber is a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a master’s degree in business administration (MBA). She was a Finance & Commerce “Top Women in Finance” honoree in 2018. In her free time Amber enjoys running, downhill skiing, and spending time with her husband and two children.