DALLAS, March 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Comerica
Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) today announced that Mark A. Simmons, previously Senior Vice
President and Business Banking Market Manager for Comerica's
Texas, Arizona and Florida markets, has been named National
Director of Business Banking. He will continue to office at
Comerica's Houston regional headquarters at Brookhollow Central,
but will now report to Mike Aust,
Executive Vice President and National Director of Retail Banking.
Simmons succeeds Melinda Chausse,
who was named Comerica's Executive Director of Commercial
Underwriting in January 2017.
As National Director of Business Banking, Simmons will be
responsible for the leadership of Comerica's small business and
community banking segments, including growth, credit quality,
customer and internal process quality measures, regulatory
compliance and product development and pricing, among other
responsibilities. Comerica's Business Banking leadership team
across its five-state footprint will now report to
Simmons.
Simmons, 58, joined Comerica in May
2010 as Senior Vice President and Houston Business Banking
Market Manager. Prior to that, he served as Managing Director for
The Avalon Group, Inc., as President & CEO of Extreme
International, as Managing Director of The Applerock Group, Inc.,
and in lending leadership positions at HomeFed Bank, Bank of
America and First City National Bank.
Deeply involved in the Houston business and nonprofit
communities, he currently serves on the Executive Board of Junior
Achievement of Southeast Texas and
as a member of the Greater Houston Partnership's Public Policy
Committee, as well as a volunteer for the Houston Food Bank,
Houston March of Dimes and Speaker
Fort Bend ISD. He earned his MBA in Finance from Letourneau University and his Bachelor's in Finance
from Brigham Young University.
About Comerica
Comerica Incorporated is a financial services company headquartered
in Dallas, Texas, and
strategically aligned by three business segments: The Business
Bank, The Retail Bank, and Wealth Management. Comerica focuses on
relationships, and helping people and businesses be successful. In
addition to Texas, Comerica Bank
locations can be found in Arizona,
California, Florida and Michigan, with select businesses operating in
several other states, as well as in Canada and Mexico. Comerica reported total assets of
$73 billion at December 31, 2016.
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