SunTrust Banks Inc. will make several changes in its executive lineup, including top officers in retail banking.
Jeffery Hooper has been promoted to retail banking executive, succeeding Leroy Abrahams. Hooper will oversee SunTrust's strategies to meet the needs of clients throughout its network of nearly 1,700 branches. A 25-year SunTrust veteran, Hooper most recently served as head of consumer lending.
Beverly Ladley will join SunTrust on April 2 as head of consumer lending. She will oversee the Atlanta company's indirect auto, student, marine/RV, home equity and direct lending efforts. Ladley was previously at Bank of America Corp. for 20 years where she served in various leadership positions, including global sourcing executive and U.S. card and consumer lending product executive.
Hooper and Ladley will report to Brad Dinsmore, SunTrust's consumer banking and private wealth management executive.
Abrahams will take over for Thomas Rueger, president and chief executive of SunTrust Bank of Hampton Roads, Va. Rueger plans to retire in May after 42 years with the company. Abrahams has been executive vice president of retail banking.
Abrahams will report to John Stallings, mid-Atlantic division president and CEO, and will be based in Norfolk, Va.
