Synovus CEO and leadership

Q: Who is the CEO of Synovus?

The CEO of Synovus is Kevin S. Blair.

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Synovus CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Kevin S. Blair is the Synovus's CEO. Synovus has 5,134 employees, of which 52 are in a leadership position.

Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:

The Synovus executive team is 46% female and 54% male.
63% of the management team is White.
10% of Synovus management is Hispanic or Latino.
10% of the management team is Black or African American.

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Name & TitleBio

Kevin S. Blair

CEO / President

Kevin Blair is a President & CEO:Georgia Region at SUNTRUST BANKS INC, Board Member at BAI, and VP/Chief Financial Officer at Synovus Trust Co NA and is based in Columbus, Georgia. He has worked as Strategic Planning Analyst at Signet Bank, Corporate Treasurer at SUNTRUST BANKS INC, and Contract Specialist at NAVAIR. Kevin attended GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY between 1993 and 1995 and JMU between 1988 and 1992.

Elizabeth Dukes Wolverton

EVP

Elizabeth Dukes Wolverton is an Exec VP/Chief Strategy & Customer Experience Ofcr at SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP. She has worked as Director:Banking at SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP and Dir:Accounting & Financial Analysis at SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP. Elizabeth studied at PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE.

Andrew Jamie Gregory

EVP & Chief Financial Officer

Jamie Gregory is a Chief Financial Officer at SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP and is based in Columbus, Georgia. She has worked as Head of Finance and Corporate Development at REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP, Portfolio Manager at Wells Fargo, and Assistant Treasurer at REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP. Jamie studied at Fuqua School of Business between 2001 and 2003 and NC State University between 1994 and 1998.

D. Wayne Akins

EVP, Chief Comm Banking Off

D Akins is an Executive at Sea Island Bank, Commercial Lender at Sea Island Bank, and Board Member at Sea Island Bank and is based in Savannah, Georgia Area. He has worked as Financial Consultant at INTERSTATE HOTELS & RESORTS, Chief Community Banking Ofcr at SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP, and President/CEO at Sea Island Bank. D works or has worked as BOARD MEMBER at Gamma Beta Phi Society, BOARD MEMBER at LEADERSHIP GEORGIA FOUNDATION INC, and BOARD MEMBER at University of Georgia Alumni Association. He studied at University of Georgia between 2006 and 2008 and University of Georgia between 1981 and 1985.

Robert W. Derrick

EVP-Chief Credit Officer

Bob Derrick is an EVP-Chief Credit Officer at SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP and is based in Columbus, Georgia. He has worked as Signal Officer at United States Army, Regional Credit Officer at SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP, and Chief Credit Officer - Community Banking Division at SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP. Bob studied at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between 1999 and 2000 and Wofford College between 1981 and 1985.

Kevin Joseph Howard

EVP

Kevin Howard is a Chief Wholesale Banking Ofcr at Synovus Bank and Secretary at 64 Wickham Road Ltd. He has worked as Senior VP/Manager:Credit at Synovus Bank and Exec VP/Chief Credit Officer at Synovus Bank. Kevin works or has worked as BOARD MEMBER at Metro Columbus YMCA. He attended The University of Alabama System.

Allan E. Kamensky

EVP and General Counsel

Gloria C. Banks

Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer

In her expanded role, Banks is responsible for developing compliance and ethics strategy, and directing and monitoring the company’s overall compliance and ethics programs. She is also responsible for ensuring the bank’s activities comply with all consumer regulatory standards. Banks will serve on the company’s executive management team.

Jeffery Barton Singleton

President-Financial Management Services

Jennifer S. Upshaw

Chief of Staff

Jennifer Upshaw is a MEMBER at Twin Cedars Youth and Family Services Inc, Manager:Regional at CB&T, and Chief Retail Banking Officer at SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP. She has worked as Senior Dir:Marketing at SYNOVUS FINANCIAL CORP. Jennifer works or has worked as MEMBER at Junior League of Columbus Inc and MEMBER at American Red Cross of West Central Georgia. She attended University of Georgia.

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Synovus board members

Name & TitleBio

Kevin S. Blair

CEO / President

Kessel D. Stelling

Board Member

Diana Mather Murphy

Board Member

John L. Stallworth

Board Member

Alexandra Villoch

Board Member

Barry L. Storey

Board Member

Elizabeth W. Camp

Board Member

F. Dixon Brooke

Board Member

Harris Pastides

Board Member

John H. Irby

Board Member

Synovus leadership demographics

Synovus gender distribution in management team

The Synovus executive team is 46% female and 54% male.
Synovus is 58% female and 42% male company-wide.

Male

54%

Company-wide: 42%

Female

46%

Company-wide: 58%

Synovus executives by race

Management Team:

The most common ethnicity among Synovus executive officers is White.
63% of the management team is White.
12% of Synovus's management is Asian.
10% of the management team is Black or African American.

Company-wide:

White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
55% of employees are White.
24% of employees are Black or African American.
9% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.

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Cons of working at Synovus

Avoid working here if at all possible. If you must work for Synovus then at least stay away from Atlanta Loan Operations, spare yourself the headache, you are literally better off working at Wal-mart. Grab a soda and popcorn because we are going to be here a while. I started as a temp in 2016. I was guaranteed a permanent position if I worked hard and at least met my goals. A friend of mine was a temp here too and was told the same thing. We both exceeded our goals and were top performers. We did everything they asked and yet they never hired us due to “lack of experience”, which is a fancy way of saying that they are too lazy to train. Time and again we were passed up for someone outside the company. Those should’ve been red flags but we ignored them because we wanted to work for this bank so badly. My friend was on another team that was ran by an idiot who had control issues and may have been racist, but I’m going to say allegedly because there isn’t enough proof to back that up. Another red flag was the fact that that particular manager would fire any and everyone for the smallest reasons and without mercy. One gentleman nodded off at work accidentally due to the meds he took due to an auto accident, and without warning or compassion he was fired immediately. But the messed up part about that situation was that she had a gentleman (also a temp) on her team who was constantly falling asleep and making errors, but she kept him on board. More on that guy later. Eventually I got moved to another team as a temp and so was my friend. My friend and I were top performers on our new teams as well and while I was able to get a permanent position, my friend wasn’t. The person that ran her team was an idiot too. When Synovus abruptly cancelled the temp contracts and went with a different temp agency, all temps were let go including my friend. She applied for permanent positions for both teams she worked and was turned down. The first team she worked for turned her down for the guy that constantly fell asleep, and hired him at a higher level, as of now, this guy is a team lead. The second team turned her down because the manager didn’t like her due to her being quiet in nature. She claimed it was due to lack of experience, but the other candidate had the same amount of experience. Needless to say, she was jobless for a month and a half. The first team eventually reluctantly hired her but at a lower level with less pay. Again she was a top performer but that didn’t m

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Updated November 18, 2022

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