DALLAS, July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Comerica
Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) today announced that Robert A. Dye, Ph.D. has been named Senior Vice
President and Chief Economist. He will report to Elizabeth S. Acton, Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer.
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Dye will lead Comerica's Economics Department, providing
research and analysis vital to Comerica as well as business leaders
and policy makers throughout the country.
You can follow Dye on Twitter at @Comerica_Econ, where he
will post regular updates and links to new publications, commentary
and analysis, in addition to other thoughts on matters affecting
local, state, regional and national economies.
Dye succeeds Dana Johnson,
Comerica's chief economist since 2005, who has recently retired.
Dye, who joins Comerica today, most recently served as senior
vice president and senior economist for The PNC Financial Services
Group. He directed PNC's U.S. macroeconomic model, and was
responsible for contributing to PNC's analysis and forecasts of key
economic and financial trends regionally, nationwide and
globally.
Dye joined PNC in 2007 from Realpoint, a division of Capmark
Investments, where he served as vice president and economist. In
that role, he provided analysis of economic events and major
indicators, and their implications on commercial real estate
markets. His previous experience also includes service as a senior
economist at Moody's Economy.com and Wharton Econometrics, and as
an adjunct lecturer at the University of
Pennsylvania, University of
Pittsburgh and Temple
University. He began his professional career as a petroleum
engineer at Texaco and then as a research resident at the
Department of Energy.
He is a member of the National Association of Business Economics
and is a past president of the Economic Club of Pittsburgh.
Dye is a graduate of Marietta
College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Petroleum
Engineering. He holds a master's degree in Natural Resources
from Ball State University and a
doctorate in Energy Management and Policy from the University of Pennsylvania.
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headquartered in Dallas, Texas,
and strategically aligned by three business segments: The Business
Bank, The Retail Bank, and Wealth & Institutional Management.
Comerica focuses on relationships, and helping people and
businesses be successful. In addition to Texas, Comerica Bank locations can be found in
Arizona, California, Florida and Michigan, with select businesses operating in
several other states, as well as in Canada and Mexico. Comerica reported total assets of
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