C-suite

MidSouth also removed Cloutier's son as part of what it called a "transition plan already under way to improve” performance.

Kate Quinn, one of American Banker's 25 Women to Watch in 2016, was given expanded duties, and consumer banking chief Kent Stone will retire.

President and COO Ignacio Alvarez will replace Richard Carrion as CEO on July 1.

Jefferson Harralson, the Georgia company's new chief financial officer, had covered banks at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods for 15 years.

John Fawcett, previously CFO at Citizens Financial in Providence, R.I., will succeed Carol Hayles.

Yman Vien says she lost her job at American Metro Bancorp because of her gender. The bank says the move was tied to poor decisions that led to a regulatory order in 2009.

Barbara Yastine, who stepped down as head of Ally’s banking unit two years ago, has become a director of Zions in Salt Lake City.

The San Antonio company named Chad Borton, previously head of consumer banking at Fifth Third Bancorp in Cincinnati, for the role. Fifth Third has named Philip McHugh as his successor.

The Buffalo, N.Y., company is filling gaps created when Mark Czarnecki, its former president, died in February after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

The executive, who was also M&T's chief operating officer, died on Sunday after an extended illness.