BankUnited announced that Jay D. Richards will join the company on January 29, 2018 as its Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer. Richards will report to Jack Leonard, its current Chief Credit Officer, who will become Vice Chairman, Credit Risk Management. Richards comes to BankUnited from TD Bank in Greenville, South Carolina where he served as Senior Vice President and Executive Credit Officer. In his role, Richards will be responsible for overseeing and managing the overall credit process and risk of BankUnited's loan portfolios, including the underwriting function and portfolio management. Richards will be based at BankUnited's corporate headquarters at 7815 NW 148th Street, Miami Lakes, Florida.
BankUnited, Inc. is a bank holding company of BankUnited (the Bank). The Bank provides a full range of commercial lending and both commercial and consumer deposit services through banking centers located in Florida, the New York metropolitan area and Dallas, Texas, and a comprehensive suite of wholesale products to customers through an Atlanta office focused on the Southeast region. The Bankâs lending and leasing products include commercial loans, commercial real estate loans, residential mortgages and other consumer loans. It offers traditional deposit products, including commercial and consumer checking accounts, money market deposit accounts, savings accounts and certificates of deposit with a variety of terms and rates, as well as a robust suite of treasury, commercial payments and cash management services. The Bank provides certain commercial lending and deposit products through national platforms and certain consumer deposit products through an online channel.