Alex Yang
becomes Seattle Market Executive, succeeding Jeremey Williams who accepts promotion to
Community Relations Manager Executive
SEATTLE, Dec. 9, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- Bank of America has named Jim Morehead president of Bank of America
Seattle. The company also announced that Alex Yang will become Seattle Market Executive,
replacing Jeremey Williams who was
recently promoted to Community Relations Manager (CRM)
Executive.
Jim Morehead
As president, Morehead is responsible for connecting the banking
and investment resources offered through the bank's eight lines of
business to people and companies across King, Pierce
and Snohomish Counties. He will
also lead the effort to deploy Bank of America's resources to
address social concerns, strengthen economic opportunity, and build
strong communities, as well as support the health, safety and
engagement of local employees.
"Seattle is an important market
for Bank of America, and Jim has established deep relationships
with our teammates, clients and the greater Puget Sound
community during his career," said Brian Moynihan, chief executive officer, Bank of
America. "In his new role, Jim will help ensure we are a great
partner as we continue to grow across the region."
In addition to his responsibilities as Seattle President,
Morehead will remain Global Commercial Banking Market Executive for
the Western Washington &
Pacific Rim Market at Bank of America. With more than 25 years of
corporate banking, franchise finance, commercial real estate and
small business banking experience, he leads a team of Middle Market
bankers that serve companies with annual revenues from $50 million to $2
billion, providing a variety of financial solutions,
including treasury, credit, investment banking, risk management,
international banking and wealth management. Jim joined the bank in
2016, and throughout his banking career, he has held client facing
and leadership roles in multiple lines of business.
As a long-time resident of Seattle, Morehead has worked with numerous
nonprofits including Junior Achievement of Washington and United Way of King County. He currently serves on the boards
of the Seattle Metropolitan
Chamber of Commerce and Special Olympics Washington, and he will be
taking a position on the Washington Roundtable board.
Morehead holds a bachelor's degree in economics and computer
science from Hamilton College and
earned his MBA from the University of
Washington, Foster School of
Business. He is currently a FINRA Registered Principal with Series
7, 63, and 24 securities licenses. He resides in Seattle with his wife and their two
children.
Alex Yang
Yang has been named the Seattle Market Executive, working in
partnership with the Seattle
president and leadership team directing local market strategy,
employee engagement, business integration and investments that help
to drive and respond to community and economic development and
critical needs across King,
Pierce and Snohomish Counties. A long-time Washington resident, Yang joined Bank of
America in 1997, and most recently served in a global role as
CashPro Product Manager with the company's Global Transaction
Services (GTS) group.
Invested in mentorship and financial empowerment, Yang mentors
several GTS employees, co-chairs the Seattle chapter of the bank's Asian Leadership
Network and serves as a generational ambassador for the
Inter-Generational Employee Network (IGEN) as well as a Bank of
America Better Money Habits Champion, teaching financial
empowerment in the community. He holds a bachelor's in biology from
Brown University. Yang also has worked with numerous
nonprofits including Seattle Chinese School, Pacific Northwest
Kendo Federation and the Chief Seattle Council supporting Scouting
on the Eastside. He lives in Woodinville with his wife and children.
Jeremey Williams
After serving as Seattle Market Executive for three years,
Williams has accepted a national role as CRM Executive. In his new
role, Williams is responsible for 49 CRMs across the company's
Local Market Organization. He will lead strategic initiatives that
make Bank of America a more efficient company while connecting its
capabilities across all lines of business to benefit clients as
well as support employees by creating an inclusive and supportive
workplace and utilize company assets to champion the bank's
corporate social responsibility strategy.
Williams has been with Bank of America for more than 15 years,
holding a variety of leadership positions in the Local Markets
Organization, including Strategy and Initiatives Manager, Market
Manager and Community Relations Manager. He also served as a
Portfolio Management Officer with the company's Community
Development Banking team in Seattle early on in his career.
Originally from Spokane,
Williams played football for and graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor's in
advertising/communications and a master's in business
communications from the Edward R. Murrow School of Communications.
He will continue living in Seattle.
Bank of America
Bank of America is one of the world's leading financial
institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market
businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking,
investing, asset management and other financial and risk management
products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience
in the United States, serving
approximately 68 million consumer and small business clients with
approximately 3,900 retail financial centers, approximately
16,000 ATMs and award-winning digital banking with
approximately 56 million verified digital users. Bank of America is
a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment
banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving
corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the
world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to
approximately 3 million small business households through a suite
of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The
company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and
approximately 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock
(NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Phone: 1.425-467-9744
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