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Jerry Plush had helmed the South Florida-based bank for nearly five years before agreeing to depart this week. News of the leadership change comes little more than a week after Amerant reported a 43% increase in nonperforming assets.

Don McCree, who has led commercial banking at Citizens since 2015, plans to retire next year. His successor, Ted Swimmer, who was in charge of capital markets, took over on Tuesday.

The Toronto-based bank named Rahul Nalgirkar as incoming finance chief. Nalgirkar, who joined BMO in 2022 from Fifth Third, will succeed the retiring Tayfun Tuzun, who came to BMO in 2020 after working at Fifth Third.

Founder and executive chairman Edward Nigro will step back into the top executive spot after Ryan Sullivan informed the company he didn't plan to renew his employment contract.

Matt Mullet, the company's longtime chief financial officer, said he's spent the past year getting accustomed to the people side of management.

The Providence, Rhode Island-based bank has hired Aunoy Banerjee as its next CFO, a role that will be vacated by State Street hire John Woods. Banerjee is currently the CFO of Barclays Bank PLC.

The decision to rejoin the CEO and chairman roles comes roughly two months after regulators removed an asset cap that had stunted the San Francisco-based company's growth for seven years.

The Evansville, Indiana-based bank has hired Tim Burke to oversee commercial and community banking, along with wealth, credit and marketing.

The 66-year-old banker will take on the role of executive chairman at Moelis & Co. Co-President Navid Mahmoodzadegan will become CEO.

Main Street Financial's ouster of James VanSickle came three months after its chairman characterized the company's financial performance as being "on the upswing."