Career moves

A career path in financial services doesn't have to be linear, says Walmart's Julia Unger.

Alex Overstrom will succeed Karen Larrimer, who plans to retire at the end of the year, the Pittsburgh company said.

Scott Peters, the first person to serve in this role at the Alabama bank, is tasked with modernizing the institution’s core and improving the quality of customer service.

Bible, who has served as chief financial officer since the merger of BB&T and SunTrust, will stay on the job until a successor is found.

The former JPMorgan Chase executive will will replace Jim Hays, who is retiring.

The Birmingham, Alabama, bank is moving its head of consumer banking, Scott Peters, into a new role as chief transformation officer to build new technology infrastructure.

Tom Anderson currently serves in a compliance role overseeing personal banking and wealth management at Citi. He will succeed Mary McNiff, who is moving into a new position at the $2.4 trillion-asset bank.

Erin Komorowski, a seven-year company veteran, will spearhead efforts to respond to climate change and increase diversity.

Johnson, who currently heads a housing-finance industry group, will take over this summer from longtime president and CEO Richard Hunt.

The $2 trillion-asset company has appointed a new CEO and chief operating officer of its growing business in the U.S., Mexico and other parts of the Western Hemisphere.

M&T Bank in Buffalo, New York, named Peter D’Arcy head of commercial banking after completing its acquisition of People’s United Financial earlier this month. D’Arcy will take over from Gino Martocci, who is retiring.

Joe Manchin, a key Democrat in the U.S. Senate, said he’s spoken to Michael Barr, President Joe Biden’s choice to be the U.S. Federal Reserve chief banking supervisor, and so far doesn’t see a problem with his nomination.

While millions of employees have voluntarily left their jobs over the past year, senior level industry leaders have continued to advance their careers.

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Robert Sarver, who is majority owner of the Phoenix Suns basketball team, will retire from his longtime role on the board of directors of Western Alliance Bancorp. in June, the company said. Sarver and the Suns are being investigated by the National Basketball Association regarding allegations of racism and misogyny within the Suns organization.

Robyn Luhning, the bank’s head of environmental and social risk management, takes the position at a time when financing for the fossil-fuel industry faces scrutiny. Other large banks have created similar roles in recent years.

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David Miree will become global head of diversity, equity and inclusion for the New York megabank. He will succeed Brian Lamb, who will move into a new role in the firm’s commercial banking business.

Dontá Wilson, American Banker’s Digital Banker of the Year for 2021, succeeds Brant Standridge, who recently left the North Carolina company for a position at Huntington Bancshares.