PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Western Alliance Bancorporation (NYSE: WAL) has announced that Chairman
and CEO Robert Sarver was voted 2017 “Banking CEO of the Year” for North
America by International Banker, a noted magazine and online
resource for analysis on global banking.
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Robert Sarver, Chairman and CEO, Western Alliance Bancorporation (Photo: Business Wire)
This accolade follows the ranking earlier this year of Western Alliance
Bancorporation by Forbes as No. 4 on its annual “Best Banks in
America” list. As well, the company’s CFO Dale Gibbons was named Best
CFO by Institutional Investor and named to the publication’s 2017
All-America Executive Team.
According to International Banker about its awards, the
publication “depends on nominations from its readers to locate the
worthiest financial institutions around the world, the banks that are
not just doing their jobs well but exceptionally well, that are in
effect operating on the cutting-edge of the industry and setting new
levels of performance to which others in the field will aspire.”
About Western Alliance Bancorporation
With more than $18 billion in assets, Western Alliance Bancorporation is
one of the country’s top-performing banking companies. Its primary
subsidiary, Western Alliance Bank, is the go-to bank for business and
succeeds with local teams of experienced bankers who deliver superior
service and a full spectrum of deposit, lending, treasury management,
international banking and online banking products and services. Western
Alliance Bank operates full-service banking divisions: Alliance Bank of
Arizona, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank and Torrey
Pines Bank. The bank also serves business customers through a robust
national platform of specialized financial services including Corporate
Finance, Equity Fund Resources, Hotel Franchise Finance, Life Sciences
Group, Mortgage Warehouse Lending, Public and Nonprofit Finance,
Renewable Resource Group, Resort Finance, Technology Finance and
Alliance Association Bank. For more information, visit
westernalliancebancorporation.com.
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Western Alliance Bancorporation
Robyn Young, 602-346-7352
SVP,
Director of Marketing & Communications
Source: Western Alliance Bancorporation