C-suite

Section 705 FCU, originally chartered to serve postal employees, has a new chief executive following the retirement of its longtime CEO.

Humanidei and the African-American Credit Union Coalition have committed to the goal of at least 30% racial and gender diversity in the C-suite within the next 10 years. It will take more than just lip service from the rest of the movement.

Mike Weinbach will lead consumer lending as part of a reorganization that will change the responsibilities of three longtime bank executives.

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Greg Seibly guided Sterling through the financial crisis before engineering its sale to Umpqua Holdings in 2014. He had most recently served as CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco.

Michael Cleary will report to Scott Powell, who had been his boss at Santander Bank.

Metrics and strategy are key at YCharts. So is the Oreo flavor of the week.

The Appleton, Wis.-based credit union has tapped Christopher Allen to take the helm following Greg Hilbert's retirement.

The promise of post-closing payments encourages top executives to pursue deals that aren’t necessarily in their self-interest, but investors may eventually raise concerns that the packages are expensive and too focused on the short term.

The New York-based credit card issuer is expanding its board to 13 members with the addition of Karen Parkhill.

All three executives began as tellers and have been with the institution for a dozen years or more.

Mendell Thompson, who has led the Glendora, Calif.-based institution for more than 30 years, plans to retire later this year.

The promotion of Melinda Chausse was one of several leadership changes the Dallas company announced this month.

Eric Smith and Michael Morton have been brought on as vice chairs to help build out the Chicago bank's commercial lending arm.

Justin Olson will take the helm from CEO Jim Lumpkin, who led the $90 billion-asset USAgencies for more than two decades.

Dennis Hanson, the credit union’s longest-serving chief executive, has announced his plans to retire. A new leader will take the helm in April.

A shrinking industry and inadequate succession planning – particularly at smaller credit unions – is likely to increase competition for top talent and make executive recruitment even more challenging in the year ahead.

The Charlie Scharf era began with the company's lowest quarterly net income in more than nine years. Culprits included falling revenue, rising salaries and yet more financial fallout from the bank's sales scandal.

Stephen Calk and the bank where he formerly served as CEO are both arguing that his bribery trial should be held in Illinois. Prosecutors oppose the move.

Can Charlie Scharf fix what ails Wells Fargo? How will Kelly King and Bill Rogers manage the integration of the biggest bank merger since the early 2000s? And will New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy be able to beat back opposition from the banking industry and make good on his promise to create a state-owned bank? Here are 11 leaders to keep an eye on in 2020.