Career moves

The year featured executive shake-ups at the top of several of the industry’s largest institutions.

Denice Schultheiss became director of the Office of Credit Unions in Michigan after John Kolhoff left to lead the Texas Credit Union Commission.

Former McKinsey & Company associate partner Liz Oakes has been named Mastercard's executive vice president of market development for the New Payments Platforms division.

The White House said that Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting will serve as acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency beginning Jan. 6, after Director Mel Watt’s term ends.

BBVA has picked Javier Rodriguez Soler, its head of strategy and mergers, to run its U.S. bank.

David Rupp was CEO of Four Oaks Fincorp in North Carolina when it sold itself to United Community Banks last year.

Gagan Kanjlia joins the Santa Clara, Calif.-based Silicon Valley Bank after spending two-plus years as the head of product for OnDeck, an online lending provider for small businesses. Before OnDeck, Kanjlia spent 14 years at Capital One.

The current deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Pam Patenaude, will step down in January.

Synovus has given CFO Kevin Blair the additional title of COO. He will oversee three business lines, plus tech, operations and product and treasury management.

The Alabama bank has named former power company executive Charles McCrary chairman instead of giving the job to new CEO John Turner.