BankUnited Names Leslie Lunak Its Next CFO

BankUnited (BKU) has promoted from within for its new chief financial officer.

Leslie Lunak, the Miami Lakes, Fla., company's chief accounting officer, will become the CFO in February. The employment contract for Douglas Pauls, BankUnited's current CFO, expires Sept. 1 but he has agreed to stay on until February, BankUnited said Thursday.

Lunak joined BankUnited in 2010. Before that she spent more than 13 years in public accounting, including advising financial institutions on various topics such as mergers and acquisitions.

Pauls "played an integral role in helping us transform BankUnited from a local thrift institution to a high-performing national bank," John Kanas, BankUnited's chairman and chief executive, said in a news release. "Leslie's promotion … is consistent with our policy of promoting from within the company whenever possible. Her experience, both at BankUnited and previously as a public accountant, makes her an ideal candidate for this vital position."

Lunak's appointment comes a day after the $12.4 billion-asset BankUnited announced that Kanas had signed a new three-year employment contract.

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