Hits and Has-Beens

Fifth Third Bancorp split the chairman and chief executive roles after adding William Isaac to its board. Isaac, a former FDIC chairman, succeeded Kevin Kabat as chairman of the company, but Kabat remains the president and CEO.

Wilmington Trust chairman and CEO Ted Cecala abruptly retired. Donald Foley, a director at the company, stepped into the CEO role. He had been the chief financial officer at the defense contractor ITT Corp. Cecala will stay on as chairman until July 19.

Jay Sidhu was named chairman of Atlantic Coast Federal Corp. in Waycross, Ga., succeeding Charles Martin.

David Vitale was appointed executive chairman of ShoreBank in Chicago.

Charles D. Christy resigned as CFO of Citizens Republic Bancorp in Flint, Mich.

KeyBank named executive vice president Maria C. Coyne as head of its national business banking unit.

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