Truist Financial Corporation announced Harold Ford Jr. as a vice chair in its Wholesale Banking business. Ford will focus on new business opportunities and deepening client relationships with Truist’s commercial, corporate, institutional and wealth management clients.
Ford will partner closely with Truist’s client coverage teams to advise clients, bolster business development activity and accelerate growth at Truist. He will join Truist Aug. 31, report to Chief Wholesale Banking Officer Kristin Lesher and serve as a member of the Truist Operating Council, providing broad perspective from his time in the public and private sector.
“Harold’s insights, gathered over 30 years in financial services and politics, will complement the work our teams do every day to help businesses, executive teams and high-net-worth families achieve their growth objectives and plan for the future,” said Lesher. “His experience and relationships will help our teams open new conversations and deliver more of Truist’s capabilities to clients.”
Ford joins Truist from PNC Financial Services Group where he most recently served as executive vice president and regional president for New York. Previously, he spent more than a decade in leadership roles at Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.
From 1997 through 2007, Ford represented Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District. While in Congress, he established a strong network in Washington, D.C. and was a member of the House Financial Services, Budget and Education Committees. Ford actively invests in the next generation of leaders, having served as a visiting professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, New York University and Vanderbilt University. He currently serves on the board of directors of CME Group and SIGA Technologies, as well as RIVER FUND New York, a poverty intervention center focused on supporting families and individuals. Ford also serves as a contributor to Fox News.
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