Citizens Financial Group named John F. Woods executive vice president and chief financial officer.

Woods will serve on the company’s executive committee and report to chairman and CEO Bruce Van Saun.

Woods joins Citizens from Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), where he has served as CFO of the Americas since 2013. Prior to that, he served as vice chairman and CFO for the predecessor company of MUFG Union Bank.

Woods also has held senior finance leadership roles at JPMorgan Chase and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage (Freddie Mac).

Woods will join Citizens on February 13, 2017, and will succeed interim CFO John Fawcett.

Van Saun said: “We are extremely pleased to welcome John to the leadership team as our new CFO. He has a broad background in financial services, including experience in regional banking with MUFG Union Bank. John will hit the ground running in terms of contributing to our strategy, balance sheet management, efficiency initiatives and business partnership, as well as providing experienced leadership to our finance function.”