Mike Lyons named Truist CEO effective Sept. 1, 2026.
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Mike Lyons named Truist CEO effective Sept. 1, 2026. Published: June 15, 2026 8:58 AM ET Mike Lyons will become Truist Financial's president and chief executive officer on Sept. 1, 2026, ending a transition announced June 15, 2026. Bill Rogers will shift to executive chair on that same date before his planned retirement in April 2027. Lyons brings PNC, Fiserv, Bank of America. Lyons most recently served as chief executive officer of Fiserv, the financial technology and payments company that serves more than six million merchants and 10,000 financial institutions. Before that, he spent more than 13 years at PNC, where he served as president of The PNC Financial Services Group and helped lead more than $15 billion of strategic acquisitions. Earlier in his career, he was the global head of corporate development, strategic planning, investor relations and private equity at Bank of America. That path gives Truist a leader whose résumé runs through payments, bank strategy and dealmaking rather than a narrow operating role. Truist succession through 2027. The move is part of Truist's planned leadership succession strategy, with the handoff designed to keep Rogers in an oversight role while Lyons takes operational control. Thomas E. Skains, Truist's lead independent director, said, "Through our succession planning process, it became clear that Mike is an action-oriented...
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