Since 1868, the Southwestern Company has trained and developed young people in the area of sales and sales management. It is from this solid foundation that SBR has established its reputation as a premier search firm.


Company Bio

Ownership and Diversification
We are a diversified employee-owned company with several operating units. All SBR employees have a vested and long-term stake in how our clients are treated and how our business is conducted. Since our employee stock ownership program was launched in 1982, our diversification and fiscally prudent management approach is evidenced by our company stock average compounded annual growth rate exceeding 19% annually.

Our Commitment
Professional recruiting of quality candidates is the sole aim of our efforts. Utilizing a unique, coast-to-coast network, we actively locate, screen, verify and recommend only the best qualified candidates to our clients. Our consultants undergo continuous training. As part of their professional development, staff members complete the Certified Personnel Consultant
training program. All consultants are pledged to the highest standards of prompt, personal, and professional service. All information is held in strictest confidence. SBR adheres to the standards of ethics adopted by the National Association of Personnel Consultants as well as similar statewide associations.

Tim Knight

Tim is the Manager of the Financial Services Team in the Nashville Headquarters of SBR, and he is a Certified Personnel Consultant. He started with Southwestern in May of 1984 as a student salesperson in their College Direct Sales Division. While in college at Mississippi State, Tim built a sales organization that expanded to Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas and Oklahoma. After college, he was promoted to District Sales Manager, recruiting over 600 college students to work in the Direct Sales Publishing Division.

In 2006, Tim will begin his 23rd year with Southwestern. The last fourteen years have been in a recruiting capacity with the company. Tim recruits candidates in operations, audit, credit, business development, and senior management for client companies in the following areas:

* Asset Based Lending
* Structured Finance/Leveraged Finance
* Commercial Banking/Commercial Lending

Tim graduated in 1988 with a degree in Business Administration and a minor in Political Science from Mississippi State University. He is active in civic and church activities in Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville, Tennessee.

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