RBC Centura’s Knowledge Based Industries group has added Thomas “Win” Bear to its executive team.

Bear will be charged with developing and managing banking relationships with public and later-stage private technology and life science companies, Centura says. A graduate of UNC Chapel Hill, Bear has worked in markets in Atlanta and North Carolina.

RBC Centura’s Knowledge Based Industries group offers commercial banking services and financial structures to technology and life science companies — startup to later stage.

RBC Centura: www.rbccentura.com