Valley National Bank Promotes Russell Barrett to Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer

MORRISTOWN, N.J., December 19, 2023 –( BUSINESS WIRE )–Valley National Bank, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ:VLY), announced today the promotion of Russell Barrett to Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer (COO). Barrett joined Valley in 2021 and served as the Chief Transformation Officer the past two years, overseeing the Bank’s enterprise change and transformation efforts and leading Valley’s successful core conversion initiative this past year. Prior to that, Barrett led Bank Leumi USA’s technology and strategic digital transformation efforts as CIO. He also spent 22 years at BNP Paribas where he served in a variety of management roles including Chief Information Officer, and subsequently Chief Operating Officer for the Corporate Bank, where he held responsibility for technology, middle/back office, credit risk control, and data management. He later headed up Client Management activities with responsibility of the full client lifecycle for the Americas and was the Head of Change and Solutions which consisted of the entire portfolio of strategy and transformation resources. As Valley’s new COO, Barrett will play a critical role working with Valley’s senior executive leadership team to deliver the bank’s strategic vision. He will focus on driving customer centricity, improving service delivery and […]

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