Practice and client management

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce expects its U.S. commercial banking and wealth management business to provide the fastest sales growth over the next three years.

VersaBank, which recently announced a deal for a tiny Minnesota bank, says volatility will increase demand for its loans. “Traditionally, we’ve grown rapidly when our point-of-sale financing partners have trouble raising financing,” said CEO David Taylor.

Derek Meyer and Bryan Carson, former colleagues of Associated CEO Andy Harmening at Huntington Bancshares, will bring a combined six decades of experience to the Wisconsin company as it seeks steady hands in a turbulent market.

Richard Gold has held a variety of top jobs at the Buffalo, New York, bank during a three decade-plus career. Planning is underway to appoint his successor.

The Dallas bank is joining the branch-consolidation trend that has accelerated during the pandemic, announcing plans to shutter 22 branches in Michigan, Texas and California.

Benson Porter will conclude more than 10 years at the helm of BECU, the fourth-largest credit union in the country.

Edwin L. Williams, who has been at the helm since 1997, will step down as president and chief executive at the end of the year.

The North Carolina bank’s wealth arm now operates in nine of the 10 largest U.S. markets.

John Madigan, a Citigroup veteran, is leading one of five new private-client banking groups at Signature Bank. The moves are designed to enable the company to expand its footprint throughout metro New York.

The Pittsburgh company is adjusting the structure of a unit that has a national reach following the acquisition of most of BBVA’s U.S. operations. PNC has also named Jennifer Lee as the private bank’s head of U.S. markets.