Succession planning

Christopher O’Malley is set to lead the California-based institution as Ron Berry retires.

BBVA has picked Javier Rodriguez Soler, its head of strategy and mergers, to run its U.S. bank.

David Rupp was CEO of Four Oaks Fincorp in North Carolina when it sold itself to United Community Banks last year.

Kent Greff is retiring after 39 years in the credit union industry, including leading Mill City for almost two decades.

David Araujo, who served as an executive at Digital Federal Credit Union, will join the Portsmouth, N.H.-based institution next month.

Two institutions in Virginia and one in Washington state have named new leadership amid a wave of expected CEO retirements.

David Fearing will take over at Accolade Asset/Liability Advisory Services as Joe Ghammashi retires.

The Alabama bank has named former power company executive Charles McCrary chairman instead of giving the job to new CEO John Turner.

The former head of Heritage Oaks Bancorp says she relishes a chance to reinvent Luther Burbank, a thrift that wants to make more commercial loans — a shift she has deftly orchestrated before.

James Reynolds will become the president and CEO of the New York institution after James Doig retires.

New president Lyndon Matteson is expected to also eventually take on the CEO role once Edward Lopes retires in late 2019.

Mike Walsh, former CEO of Jefferson County Bancshares, has become a director at St. Louis Bank.

Norman Mann II, who has worked for the institution for more than a decade, will take over as president and CEO for Danny Gregg, who is retiring.

Simone Lagomarsino, former CEO of Heritage Oak Bank, will succeed John Biggs next month.

Bernie Winne has been named temporary leader as the trade group searches for a successor to Paul Gentile.

He will take over as CEO from Carlos Torres Vila, who becomes chairman at year-end. Still unknown: who will run the company's U.S. bank once Genç moves up.

Stephen Gordon, who led the bank's recapitalization in 2010, is being replaced as CEO on an interim basis by former FirstMerit CEO Paul Grieg.

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

Andrew Leventis will take over for Ralph Monaco, who is retiring in December after seven years with the regulator.

Mike Walrod will lead CU Holding, a subsidiary of Mazuma Credit Union that oversees several credit union service organizations.