BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF) announced today that John M.
Turner Jr. has been named President of Regions Bank and Regions
Financial Corporation, its bank holding company. Turner, 56, is a Senior
Executive Vice President, a member of the bank's Executive Council, and
head of Regions' Corporate Banking Group, which serves small businesses
as well as middle market and corporate firms, and provides capital
markets services and real estate banking. He is also responsible for
corporate strategic planning and will remain head of the Corporate
Banking Group. He joined Regions in 2011.
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"John's promotion is an example of Regions' talent management process,
which ensures that the company develops its executives to assume greater
responsibility and provides continuity of management," Hall said.
Grayson Hall, 60, was named President of Regions in 2009 and remains
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Hall became Chief Executive
Officer in 2010 and in 2013 was elected Chairman of the Board of
Directors.
Biographical information
John Turner joined Regions in 2011 as the regional president of the
South Region and led banking operations in Alabama, Mississippi, South
Louisiana, and the Florida Panhandle. He was named head of Regions'
Corporate Bank in 2014.
Before joining Regions, Turner was named president of Whitney National
Bank and Whitney Holding Corporation in 2008 and was elected to that
bank and holding company boards of directors. Previously he was
responsible for all geographic line banking functions across the bank,
and was the company's Eastern Region President. Turner joined Whitney in
1994 as its Alabama regional president after nine years at AmSouth Bank,
where he held senior consumer, commercial and business positions.
Turner holds a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of
Georgia. He serves on the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama,
Business Council of Alabama, A Plus Education Foundation, and Infirmary
Health System boards. He is a former chairman of the Mobile Area Chamber
of Commerce, former chairman of the Mobile Area Education Foundation, a
former chairman of the United Way of Southwest Alabama, and a graduate
of Leadership Alabama. He is a former board member of Leadership Mobile.
About Regions Financial Corporation
Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF), with $123 billion in assets, is
a member of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the nation's largest
full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, wealth
management, mortgage, and insurance products and services. Regions
serves customers across the South, Midwest and Texas, and through its
subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates approximately 1,500 banking offices
and 1,900 ATMs. Additional information about Regions and its full line
of products and services can be found at www.regions.com.
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