BOK Financial CEO and leadership

Steve Bradshaw is president and CEO of BOK Financial Corporation. He leads a team that oversees a diverse portfolio of services for commercial, consumer, and wealth management clients with banking centers in eight states, including high-growth markets such as Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth, Denver and Phoenix. BOK Financial also operates a number of national lines of business including energy services, healthcare banking, trading and brokerage, mortgage origination and TransFund, a top 10 electronic funds transfer network. Bradshaw became the chief executive at BOK Financial in January of 2014.

Bradshaw joined the company in 1991 when he sold his wholly-owned retail brokerage business to BOK Financial. Over the next 23 years, he built the investment and consumer businesses for the organization.

Bradshaw earned his bachelor’s degree in business finance from the University of Central Oklahoma and graduated with distinction from the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

Very active in the community, Bradshaw is the past chair for the Tulsa Regional Chamber and is former chairman of its convention and visitor’s bureau, Visit Tulsa. He serves on the board of directors of Oklahoma State University's Lew Wentz Foundation, and formerly a trustee on the University of Tulsa board. Bradshaw is a past board member of Tulsa Community Foundation, Tulsa River Parks Authority, Metropolitan Tulsa Urban League, YWCA Tulsa, and Tulsa Habitat for Humanity, Tulsa Area United Way, Domestic Violence Intervention Services (DVIS), and Junior Achievement of Oklahoma.

Steven Nell is executive vice president and chief financial officer for BOK Financial Corporation. With 23 years of experience in the banking industry, Nell is responsible for all accounting and financial reporting, tax, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and investor relations. A certified public accountant, Nell graduated from the University of Oklahoma with honors, where he obtained a BBA in accounting. After college, he worked for eight years at Ernst & Young auditing public and private companies.

Nell joined BOK Financial in 1992 as manager of management accounting. He was named controller of management accounting in 1996 and corporate controller in 1999. He became Chief Financial Officer in 2001.

An active community supporter, Nell is a board member of the Community Service Council, YMCA of Greater Tulsa, and a trustee for The Nature Conservancy in Oklahoma. His previous community commitments include serving on the boards of the Jenks Public School Foundation and Street School in Tulsa.

Steve Bradshaw is president and CEO of BOK Financial Corporation. He leads a team that oversees a diverse portfolio of services for commercial, consumer, and wealth management clients with banking centers in eight states, including high-growth markets such as Dallas, Houston, Fort Worth, Denver and Phoenix. BOK Financial also operates a number of national lines of business including energy services, healthcare banking, trading and brokerage, mortgage origination and TransFund, a top 10 electronic funds transfer network. Bradshaw became the chief executive at BOK Financial in January of 2014.

Bradshaw joined the company in 1991 when he sold his wholly-owned retail brokerage business to BOK Financial. Over the next 23 years, he built the investment and consumer businesses for the organization.

Bradshaw earned his bachelor’s degree in business finance from the University of Central Oklahoma and graduated with distinction from the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

Very active in the community, Bradshaw is the past chair for the Tulsa Regional Chamber and is former chairman of its convention and visitor’s bureau, Visit Tulsa. He serves on the board of directors of Oklahoma State University's Lew Wentz Foundation, and formerly a trustee on the University of Tulsa board. Bradshaw is a past board member of Tulsa Community Foundation, Tulsa River Parks Authority, Metropolitan Tulsa Urban League, YWCA Tulsa, and Tulsa Habitat for Humanity, Tulsa Area United Way, Domestic Violence Intervention Services (DVIS), and Junior Achievement of Oklahoma.

Steven Nell is executive vice president and chief financial officer for BOK Financial Corporation. With 23 years of experience in the banking industry, Nell is responsible for all accounting and financial reporting, tax, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, and investor relations. A certified public accountant, Nell graduated from the University of Oklahoma with honors, where he obtained a BBA in accounting. After college, he worked for eight years at Ernst & Young auditing public and private companies.

Nell joined BOK Financial in 1992 as manager of management accounting. He was named controller of management accounting in 1996 and corporate controller in 1999. He became Chief Financial Officer in 2001.

An active community supporter, Nell is a board member of the Community Service Council, YMCA of Greater Tulsa, and a trustee for The Nature Conservancy in Oklahoma. His previous community commitments include serving on the boards of the Jenks Public School Foundation and Street School in Tulsa.