Career moves

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.

The Trump appointee officially took over for Mick Mulvaney as head of the agency following her Senate confirmation last week.

Several banks are seeing significant changes in leadership as the year comes to a close.

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It's the latest expansion step in commercial services there by the Atlanta bank, which has no retail branches in Texas.

Michael Daly had been the Boston company's president and CEO since 2002. It did not say why he left.

The Senate's approval of the Kansas banking commissioner leaves the board with two remaining seats to fill as the administration's nominees for the vacancies await votes.

Brenda Kerr will be responsible for creating a strategy for the bank's retail operations.

The industry saw some well-known executives step down from their roles or take on new ones during the past month.

Paul Aguggia, a lawyer before leading Clifton Bancorp, has become a partner at Holland & Knight in New York.

Anthony DeChellis will succeed Clayton Deutsch at the end of this month.

The two allegedly helped to defraud a Malaysian sovereign wealth fund; Michelle Bowman is expected to bring a Main Street perspective to the central bank.

Christopher Higgins will join MUFG Americas in December as chief information and operations officer.

The high-profile Michelle Moore will step down at year-end, to be replaced by David Tyrie. More synergy between digital operations and consumer products, while maintaining financial discipline, seems to be an important priority.

The housing finance agency, which is increasingly at the forefront of reform discussions, has been without a permanent chief for almost two years.

Kelly Coffey, who was recognized as one of American Banker's most powerful women in 2018, will succeed Russell Goldsmith as CEO of City National, a Los Angeles-based unit of Royal Bank of Canada, on Feb. 1.

Brian Johnson, the agency’s second-in-command, wields much power; Fair Isaac is planning changes to credit scoring to boost approvals.

Donald Layton, who has run the mortgage giant since 2012, discussed the busy agenda leading up to his departure and says Freddie can serve as a "technical adviser" in GSE reform talks.