Western Alliance Bancorporation today announced that Kenneth A. Vecchione, President and CEO, and Dale Gibbons, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, were named as Best CEO and Best CFO, respectively, in Extel’s (previously Institutional Investor’s) 2024 All-America Executive Team rankings for Banks – Midcap ($2B-$10B).
The Western Alliance Board of Directors was also recognized for their exceptional leadership, receiving First Place for Best Company Board. Miles Pondelik, Senior Director of Investor Relations, and the company’s Investor Relations team were similarly recognized for being among the top professionals in the industry.
This latest recognition extends Western Alliance's history with the All-America Executive Team rankings. In 2023 and 2022, Vecchione and Gibbons also were named #1 Best CEO and Best CFO, respectively, and the Company’s Board of Directors and IR team also took top honors for Banks – Midcap. The Company’s outstanding rankings on the All-America Executive Team reach back even further over the past several years.
For the 2024 ranking, Extel collected the opinions of 979 portfolio managers and buy-side analysts, and 151 sell-side analysts. More than 570 companies received votes in this year’s All-America Executive Team Midcap survey. Of those companies, 160 received a first-, second-, or third-place ranking in one or more of the following categories: Best IR Program, CEO, CFO, IR Professional, Investor Day, Company Board, and ESG.
Sixty-one companies were distinguished as “Most Honored” for receiving the highest total weighted score from the underlying data received in each of the seven categories. Because of the high rankings earned by both Vecchione and Gibbons for their corporate leadership and investor relations expertise, Western Alliance Bancorporation also was listed among the magazine’s “Most Honored Companies.”
“We appreciate the confidence of portfolio managers and analysts who participated in this year’s survey, and the recognition we’ve received of our transparent and responsive investor relations approach,” said Vecchione last week.