Succession planning

Coronavirus hardships behind California bank chief's decision to retire

03/26/20

Tom Meyer, CEO of 1st Capital since 2015, decided to step down because shelter-in-place orders are keeping him from family hundreds of miles from the bank.

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Pandemic prompts FDIC to suspend staff buyouts

03/19/20

The voluntary agreements were meant to help the FDIC make staffing changes ahead of a wave of retirements. But concerns about the coronavirus means those plans will be put on hold.

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Fed keeps trying to calm markets; Mortgage payment pause considered

03/18/20

The central bank made two more moves to keep credit flowing; the Housing Policy Council plan would halt mortgage payments during the COVID-19 crisis.

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HSBC names caretaker Noel Quinn as permanent chief executive

03/17/20

Quinn served as acting CEO since August, when John Flint was ousted over concern he couldn't lead the bank through an increasingly treacherous series of economic challenges.

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Wells Fargo hires TD's Ellen Patterson as general counsel

03/13/20

TD Bank Group's top lawyer will succeed Allen Parker at scandal-plagued Wells Fargo later this month.

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HSBC sounded out ex-Citi banker Forese for CEO position

03/13/20

HSBC sounded out former Citigroup banker James Forese to gauge his interest in the chief executive officer's post, at least the third high-profile outside financier to be approached.

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Massachusetts mutual taps insider as its next chief

03/13/20

Jonathan Dowst will become president in July and CEO a year later.

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Dimon’s emergency surgery puts spotlight on JPMorgan’s bench

03/06/20

Potential replacements for the bank's longtime CEO include consumer banking chief Gordon Smith, investment banking head Daniel Pinto, Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Piepszak and consumer lending CEO Marianne Lake.

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Fifth Third's Feiger stepping down as Chicago market chairman

03/05/20

One year after he led the sale of MB Financial to Fifth Third, Mitch Feiger will hand off his duties to his longtime lieutenant, Mark Hoppe, and join Fifth Third's board.

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FDIC will offer 1,200 voluntary buyouts to prepare for retirement surge

03/05/20

The agency says it is not cutting its workforce but that the new strategy is necessary because it has an unusually high number of workers near retirement age.

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