Regions Bank named Kate Danella head of Strategic Planning and Corporate Development. In this expanded role, Danella will lead a team responsible for enterprise-wide strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and corporate development. She will report directly to President and CEO John Turner.
“This is an exciting time for our company as we identify opportunities to make banking easier for our customers, operate more effectively and continue to invest in the communities we serve,” said Turner. “Kate brings a strong background in strategy, customer service, team building and creative thinking to this important role. Under her leadership, Regions will work collaboratively across the company and with external stakeholders to create shared value for our customers, associates, communities and shareholders.”
Danella most recently served as head of Regions Private Wealth Management. Leslie Carter-Prall will succeed Danella in that role and will report to Bill Ritter, head of Regions Wealth Management.
Danella joined Regions in July 2015 as the Wealth Strategy and Effectiveness executive. Prior to joining Regions, she served for 13 years as vice president for Capital Group, a global wealth management organization. While there, she served as a senior sales and service leader for Capital’s institutional business, senior marketing leader for the global marketing organization and strategy and business manager for the American Funds mutual fund business.
Twenty-five-year industry veteran Carter-Prall previously served as the Private Wealth Management Central Region executive. She joined Regions in 1991 and previously served as Indiana area president. Before that, she was the Area Wealth executive for Private Wealth Management over Indiana and Illinois and served as Consumer Banking executive, as well as director of Consumer, Mortgage, Private Banking and Treasury Management for the area.
