Truist Monetary in Charlotte, North Carolina has named Dontá Wilson as its new head of retail group banking and advertising.
In his new position, which is efficient instantly, Wilson runs Truist’s greater than 2,100 branches, together with mortgages, card providers, retail funds, deposit merchandise and advertising efforts.
He beforehand served as Truist’s chief digital and shopper expertise officer, and American Banker named him Digital Banker of the 12 months for 2021.
Wilson, who began at BB&T in 1995, performed a key position within the financial institution’s merger with SunTrust Banks to kind Truist. Amongst his latest initiatives is overseeing the event and launch of a brand new cellular banking app that mixes components of the BB&T and SunTrust apps.
“He is helped Truist mix our distinctive human contact with progressive expertise to construct a greater shopper expertise,” Invoice Rogers, chairman and CEO of the $541 billion-asset financial institution, stated in a press launch. “He additionally brings greater than a decade of group banking management expertise serving shoppers in a few of our most important markets.”
Earlier in his profession at BB&T, Wilson held regional management roles in Georgia, Alabama and northern Virginia.
He takes over the put up from Brant Standridge, who might be becoming a member of Columbus, Ohio-based Huntington Bancshares subsequent month as president of client and enterprise banking. Each personnel strikes have been introduced Wednesday.
In an interview final yr with American Banker, Wilson stated his mission is to assist folks discover “monetary peace.”
“For me, this isn’t a job or a profession. This can be a calling,” Wilson stated. “I am very certain about why I am on this enterprise.”