SunTrust Banks named Allison Dukes Commercial and Business Banking executive, effective April 3, 2017.

Dukes succeeds Hugh Cummins III, who was appointed Wholesale Segment executive. She currently serves as chairman, president and CEO of the Atlanta division of SunTrust, and will retain her position as chairman of the Atlanta division.

Dukes began her career at SunTrust in 1997 in corporate banking. She progressed through a series of leadership positions in corporate and investment banking, private wealth management and finance, including managing director and head of syndicated finance originations for SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and chief financial officer of Consumer Banking and Private Wealth Management. Dukes was named Atlanta Division president in 2015.