Craig Sutton

Former Director, Pearson Partners International
Former Board Member, President & Chief Financial Officer, Rasa Floors, LLC

Learn more about Craig in our Searchlight profile.

Our hearts are heavy as we share news of the passing of Craig Sutton, our longtime friend, director and trusted advisor, on November 29, 2025. For more than 20 years, Craig generously shared his expertise with our firm and was a dear friend to many of us, including our late co-founder, Robert Pearson. We extend our deepest gratitude for his lasting contributions and our sincere condolences to his wife, Deborah, and family. You may learn more about Craig’s life and legacy in his obituary.

Craig joined Pearson Partners’ advisory board in 2007 and its board of directors in 2014, serving on both until his passing in 2025. Craig retired as a senior private banking relationship manager with Chicago-based Northern Trust in Dallas, and served most recently as president and chief financial officer of Rasa Floors, where he had been a board member and advisor since 1996. At Northern Trust, Craig led the largest practice in Texas providing private banking, trust and wealth-advisory services to affluent individuals. Craig previously served as executive vice president of First City Bank in Dallas and has held senior leadership positions with Texas Commerce Bank and InterFirst Bank Dallas.

As a commercial banking executive, Craig managed a $1 billion loan portfolio. Working as an executive in community and retail banking, Craig directed a staff of 500 in managing $1 billion in assets. In his position as an international project finance specialist, Craig led several financing initiatives in the North Sea and Middle East in excess of $100 million each. In addition to his banking career, Craig served as chief financial officer in the oil & gas industry and as a litigation support consultant.

Craig majored in engineering and finance at Texas Tech University before going on to earn a Master of Business Administration degree in finance.