Co-President at Bank of America
Dean Athanasia is Co-President of Bank of America and a member of the company’s executive management team. He jointly oversees the bank’s Consumer, Wealth Management, Global Banking and Global Markets businesses, and also has responsibility for Global Payments Solutions, Workplace Benefits, Marketing, Digital and Consumer Products and Analytics, as well as the US local-markets organisation. Athanasia has nearly 30 years’ financial-services experience. Before becoming Co-President in 2025, he was President of Regional Banking, overseeing Retail Banking, Preferred Banking, Business Banking and Global Commercial Banking, alongside related digital, marketing, payments and consumer, small-business and wealth-management products. His remit places him at the intersection of commercial banking, treasury and payments, and Bank of America’s trade-finance and FX-payments franchise was recognised among the bank’s 2024 industry awards.