Regions Financial announced that, following a 34-year career in the financial services industry, Ward Cheatham will retire as head of Corporate Specialized Banking and a member of Regions’ Executive Leadership Team at the end of 2023. Regions’ current head of Capital Markets, Joel Stephens, has been named to succeed Cheatham, and the bank’s current.
Steve Ross, a community revitalization expert for Truist Financial, will lead a newly created team focused on social-impact investments and other tax credit investment services for Regions Financial in Alabama.