Rita Sola Cook, a 20-year Bank of America veteran, was named managing director and head of the Midwest Middle Market Region for Global Commercial Banking (GCB) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Based in Chicago, she will lead a team of bankers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio and Wisconsin, who serve clients with annual revenues of $50 million to $2 billion. Her team will provide commercial credit, treasury management solutions, international banking, investment banking and retirement products to help clients meet their financial goals.

Prior to assuming her current role, Sola Cook was chief operating officer for GCB, with responsibility for managing strategic initiative implementation, identifying and monitoring key business risks, regulatory compliance and sales enablement.

She has also served as head of International Treasury Sales for GCB where she managed a team of global treasury experts who structured multi-regional treasury deals to meet clients’ global cash management needs while enhancing visibility and access to cash. Based on her knowledge of the market, she assisted in driving the strategy and tactics to complement clients’ expansion plans outside North America.

Sola Cook joined Bank of America predecessor firm LaSalle Bank in 1997.