Kevin Rafferty
Managing Director
Kevin Rafferty is a Managing Director at Commerce Street Capital focusing on general business development. He brings 45 years of executive banking experience across a wide array of roles at regional banks, including department heads, city and state executive, and was responsible for regional business development. His focus for the last 30 years has been in South Louisiana and the State of Texas.
Prior to joining Commerce Street, Kevin served as Director of Business Development at Hancock Whitney Bank and State President of IberiaBank. During those tenures Kevin managed two Energy Lending departments, SBA Lending, Litigation Finance, two Syndicated Lending departments, one Retail Banking group and Middle Market Lending. He also ran the integration of two Bank acquisitions and one Wealth Management acquisition.
Kevin received a B. A in Economics from Tulane University and an MBA in Finance from the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University. He is a member of the Texas Bankers Association, The Louisiana Bankers Association and has been an active member and leader of several local and national civic organizations. Kevin has recently been named the Executive Director of the Commercial Banking Program at the Bauer School of Business at the University of Houston.
He is a registered representative and holds FINRA Series 7, 66 and SIE licenses.