Banking
10 CFOs in Banking
Bank CFOs at Huntington National Bank, YES BANK, Bandhan Bank, Simmons Bank, Cathay Bank and other banks in the United States and India lead finance for their institutions, several after rising through controller, accounting, risk or strategy roles. A reader can learn how bank finance leaders approach treasury and liquidity, financial reporting and investor strategy.
Professionals to explore
01—10Albert Wang
LinkedInExperience: EVP & Chief Financial Officer · Cathay Bank
EVP & Chief Financial Officer of Cathay Bank in Los Angeles since March 2026, after joining as EVP & Deputy CFO in September 2025. He was previously EVP & Chief Accounting Officer at Webster Bank (2017–2025) and, at Banc of California, EVP & Chief Accounting Officer (2016–2017) and then EVP & Chief Financial Officer in 2017.
Daniel Hobbs
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer at Simmons Bank · Simmons Bank
Chief Financial Officer at Simmons Bank since December 2023. At Regions Bank he was Executive Vice President, Head of Corporate Finance and Business Lines CFO (2020–2023), covering FP&A and financial systems for consumer, corporate and wealth management banking with $100 billion in loans and $125 billion in deposits, after serving as EVP, CFO, Consumer Bank (2015–2020).
Joe Lussier, CPA, CFA
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer, EVP · Northern Bank
Chief Financial Officer and EVP at Northern Bank since October 2025, responsible for management and oversight of all financial functions including treasury and liquidity. He was previously Chief Financial Officer of Enterprise Bank (Enterprise Bancorp) from 2019 to 2025, after serving there as Director of Finance (2018–2019) and Director of Strategic Initiatives (2010–2018).
Lance Burke
LinkedInExperience: Senior Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer · Hanover Bank
Senior Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer at Hanover Bank (NASDAQ: HNVR) since February 2026, after serving as its Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer (2021–2026) and briefly as Deputy Chief Financial Officer in 2021. Before Hanover he was Senior Vice President - Controller (2017–2021) and Vice President - Controller (2015–2017) at BNB Bank.
Lisa Griffith
LinkedInExperience: EVP Chief Financial Officer · Dollar Bank
EVP Chief Financial Officer of Dollar Bank in Pittsburgh since November 2021, after serving there as VP Accounting (2013–2019) and SVP Controller (2019–2021). Earlier she was SVP Chief Financial Officer of Fidelity Bank, PaSB for 12 years (2001–2013), where she had previously been Vice President Controller (1996–2000).
Michael Lowengrub
LinkedInExperience: EVP & Chief Financial Officer · Hana Bancorp, Inc./KEB Hana Bank USA, N.A.
EVP & Chief Financial Officer of Hana Bancorp, Inc./KEB Hana Bank USA, N.A. since December 2018, serving as senior financial officer for a Korean-owned commercial banking company that includes a nationally chartered bank with $240 million in total assets. He was previously EVP & CFO at First American International Bank (2016–2018) and at Metropolitan Commercial Bank (2006–2016).
Niranjan Banodkar
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · YES BANK
Chief Financial Officer of YES BANK in Mumbai since January 2021. He rose through the bank from VP - Market Risk & ALM (2008–2010) and Head - Market Risk, ALM & Counterparty Risk (2010–2014) to Head - Financial & Investor Strategy (2014–2020) and Head - Strategy, Sustainability & Investor Relations (2020–2021) before becoming CFO.
Rajeev Mantri
LinkedInExperience: Executive President and Chief Financial Officer · Bandhan Bank
Executive President and Chief Financial Officer at Bandhan Bank since February 2024, responsible for providing finance leadership to the bank. Before that he was Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer, India and Cluster Finance Head, South Asia at Citi (2021–2024) and Chief Financial Officer of TransUnion CIBIL (2018–2021). His profile cites over 25 years in finance roles across India, UAE and Singapore.
Rebekah Calhoun
LinkedInExperience: EVP, Chief Financial Officer · Cogent Bank
EVP, Chief Financial Officer of Cogent Bank since August 2018. She was previously Chief Financial Officer of Surety Bank (2013–2018), and before that a Senior Auditor in the Financial Institutions Group at Saltmarsh (2012–2013) and Senior Accountant (2006–2012) and Controller (2002–2004) at CNLBank.
Zachary Wasserman, CFA
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Huntington National Bank
Chief Financial Officer of Huntington National Bank in Columbus, Ohio, since October 2019. Before joining the bank he was SVP - Chief Financial Officer, North America and Global Visa Consulting & Analytics at Visa (2016–2019), and he held several CFO roles at American Express between 2010 and 2016, most recently for U.S. Consumer Services and Global Consumer Travel.
Choose the right perspective
Start with bank size and ownership: the notes range from a Korean-owned bank with $240 million in total assets to Regions Bank business lines with $100 billion in loans, which Daniel Hobbs covered before joining Simmons Bank. For accounting, reporting or controllership questions, favor people who came up through controller or chief accounting officer roles; for treasury, market risk or investor strategy, favor those whose earlier roles show that background.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How did you manage deposit pricing and liquidity when rates moved quickly, and what did you report to the board and ALCO?
- 02What changed in your finance team, controls and systems as the bank grew past a regulatory asset threshold or completed an acquisition?
- 03How do you build the annual budget and capital plan, and which assumptions have been hardest to get right?
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