Succession planning

Tansley Stearns will succeed the organization's longtime chief executive Bill Lawton in June.

Richard Helber stepped down after 12 years as Tropical's chief executive. He will hold an advisory position through the end of the year.

Viktoria Earle, who has been with the credit union since 2013, will take over for Craig Weber in May.

Spence, who joined the Cincinnati bank in 2015, will succeed Greg Carmichael as chief executive in July. He says he’ll maintain the company’s current strategic priorities, including regional expansion and digital transformation.

The bank plans to separate the two roles “upon the next CEO transition,” it said in a proxy statement Monday.

Peter Johnson, who has led the company since 2007, will be succeeded by Chief Financial Officer Laura Clark.

The Pennsylvania company said that Philip Wenger, who has been CEO since 2013, is stepping down on Jan. 1 and that Myers will succeed him.

Tim Hicks, the Arkansas company’s chief administrative officer, will succeed Greg McKinney as CFO in June. Meanwhile, Cindy Wolfe will be promoted to the newly created role of chief operating officer.

The San Francisco bank promoted its president, Mike Roffler, to the top job. He succeeds founder Jim Herbert, who has been on medical leave and now becomes executive chairman.

Gibbons, who became CEO of Bank of New York Mellon in 2019, is retiring on Aug. 31. Robin Vince, who leads the trust bank's global market infrastructure division, will be his successor.