C-suite

David Turner has overseen Regions' finance function since 2010. The Birmingham, Alabama-based company tapped Controller Anil Chadha to replace him.

Mike Dargan, former chief operations and technology officer for UBS, stepped down at the end of 2025 and will become the CEO of neobank N26 this spring.

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Paul Burdiss' departure marks the second time in as many years that the Salt Lake City-based company has switched the CEO of its Utah, Idaho and Wyoming division.

Ida Liu, who resigned from Citi earlier this year, will join HSBC on Jan. 5 as the CEO of the private bank. Liu will be tasked with accelerating the growth of the private bank "at a defining moment for wealth," she said in a LinkedIn post.

The megabank laid out a series of changes, including the impending departure of its chief financial officer and other executive shifts related to a revamp of its U.S. personal banking line of business.

Jerry Plush had helmed the South Florida-based bank for nearly five years before agreeing to depart this week. News of the leadership change comes little more than a week after Amerant reported a 43% increase in nonperforming assets.

Don McCree, who has led commercial banking at Citizens since 2015, plans to retire next year. His successor, Ted Swimmer, who was in charge of capital markets, took over on Tuesday.

The Toronto-based bank named Rahul Nalgirkar as incoming finance chief. Nalgirkar, who joined BMO in 2022 from Fifth Third, will succeed the retiring Tayfun Tuzun, who came to BMO in 2020 after working at Fifth Third.

Founder and executive chairman Edward Nigro will step back into the top executive spot after Ryan Sullivan informed the company he didn't plan to renew his employment contract.

Matt Mullet, the company's longtime chief financial officer, said he's spent the past year getting accustomed to the people side of management.

The Providence, Rhode Island-based bank has hired Aunoy Banerjee as its next CFO, a role that will be vacated by State Street hire John Woods. Banerjee is currently the CFO of Barclays Bank PLC.

The decision to rejoin the CEO and chairman roles comes roughly two months after regulators removed an asset cap that had stunted the San Francisco-based company's growth for seven years.

The Evansville, Indiana-based bank has hired Tim Burke to oversee commercial and community banking, along with wealth, credit and marketing.

The 66-year-old banker will take on the role of executive chairman at Moelis & Co. Co-President Navid Mahmoodzadegan will become CEO.

Main Street Financial's ouster of James VanSickle came three months after its chairman characterized the company's financial performance as being "on the upswing."

The Toronto-based bank said that Aron Levine will become group head and president of BMO U.S. It also announced the upcoming retirement of Ernie Johannson, head of North American personal and business banking.

The 5-year-old experiment of tying executive compensation to achieving diversity goals appears to be ending. The abrupt shift comes amid the Trump administration's crackdown on DEI.

The leaders that saw their salaries skyrocket the most in 2024 had also gotten pay cuts in the prior year.

"There were four layers between me and the senior managers of the products and like 14 layers across the organization, which is too much for an organization that needs to be agile," David Velez said.