Mike Pankau
Senior Vice President, Business Banking Market Executive @Fifth Third Bank
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Vice President, Business Banking Market Executive @Fifth Third Bank
Chicago, IL, US
Promoted in August of 2021 to run Business Banking for Illinois, Michigan, and Northwest Indiana. As the Head of Business Banking for this Great Lakes Region, my focus is on building the highest engaged team at Fifth Third by creating a people-first culture which prioritizes career development and top talent recruiting. Our coaching is centered around showing up different in the eyes of our clients and prospects to equip our relationship managers, business client managers, and relationship specialists with the ability to deliver world-class value for businesses with revenues up to $20MM. This team of 28 FTE manage the $1.9B portfolio with a holistic approach to provide insight and solutions for business lifecycle challenges, risk mitigation, financial management, workforce development, and succession planning.
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Finance
ABOUT MIKE PANKAU
I have a 25 year track-record of transformation, growth, and profitability within highly competitive business banking, retail banking, and consumer-lending markets. As a leader, I’ve consistently built top-performing organizations on a foundation of dynamic leadership, people-first culture, and strategic vision with focused execution. I’ve always had a passion for recruiting exceptional people and making sure they have the coaching and development plans to reach their career aspirations. I take a tremendous amount of pride in building an inclusive and engaged culture and have consistently been recognized for promoting talent throughout organizations, company leading engagement scores, and award winning results. One of my key differentiators is my experience in three different banking lines of business along with a background as a sales leader and a strategy executive. These credentials give me a unique perspective that allows me to view the needs of our clients and prospects through multiple lenses to help them succeed both professionally and personally. In my previous role as SVP, Small Business Banking Executive for Fifth Third Bank, I had the opportunity to blend my business banking and retail banking acumen to build the vision and strategy for the small business division that spans across our 10-state footprint. Over the three years, I mapped out the strategic direction, launched fintech partnerships, created new job families with goals/compensation plans, led merger integration teams, developed marketing campaigns, and grew the balance sheet over 37%. The driving principle behind this work was to ensure small business owners have top quality products and services that are easy to understand and simple to use so their focus can remain on what they do best. Outside of the office, I’ve spent over 10 years serving the community where we live as a youth baseball coach, football coach, and co-founder of a travel baseball organization. It’s always been important to me that young athletes have access to quality coaching that not only allows them to be successful on the field but also provides the necessary skills that translate into success in the classroom and life.
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