Succession planning

Washington Trust in R.I. lines up CEO succession

09/26/17

Joseph MarcAurele will retire as chairman and CEO in March. The company's president and chief operating officer, Ned Handy, will take the helm.

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A changing of the guard at Webster Financial

09/19/17

The Connecticut bank's president, John Ciulla, will succeed longtime CEO Jim Smith, who is retiring after three decades on the job.

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Crisis averted, Comerica now faces questions on growth, succession

09/18/17

The Dallas company has extinguished talk of a potential sale after aggressively cutting costs over the past year. But concerns about its future — including its ability to find new sources of revenue — remain.

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Union Bankshares in Va. hires SunTrust exec to run its bank

09/06/17

The addition of John Stallings, who ran SunTrust's Virginia operations, is intended to make Union a more nimble institution, allowing CEO John Asbury to spend more time on strategic planning.

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Wayne Savings in N.J. finally taps permanent CEO

08/29/17

The company, which has faced pressure to sell from an activist investor, had been operating with an interim leader since December.

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Santander USA’s Powell named CEO of embattled subprime auto unit

08/28/17

Scott Powell will lead the auto lender while continuing to serve as CEO of Santander Holdings, the U.S. division of the Spanish banking giant Banco Santander.

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Behind a Georgia bank’s long and winding succession plan

08/17/17

Lynn Harton was finally named CEO of United Community Bank after a five-year apprenticeship, though Jimmy Tallent remains CEO of the parent company. The executives have long touted an ability to bounce ideas off each other as a reason for United's success.

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Many family-owned banks approach day of reckoning

08/16/17

In addition to typical industry challenges, family-owned banks also have to address generational leadership and estate planning at a time when an increasing number of their CEOs are looking to retire.

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Is Duke too tied to Wells’ mistakes to lead a turnaround?

08/16/17

There are outstanding questions about whether Elizabeth Duke, who has been on Wells Fargo's board since January 2015, is the right person to lead a culture change at a large bank mired in scandals and investigations.

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Veteran banker retires as WSFS Financial's chairman

08/03/17

Marvin Schoenhals had been the Delaware company's chairman for 25 years. He stepped down as CEO in 2007.

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