Fifth Third announced the appointment of Mike Powell as Corporate Secretary, effective immediately. Powell brings a wealth of experience in corporate governance, legal compliance and administrative management to the role.

In addition to assuming full corporate secretary responsibilities, Powell will continue to oversee Mergers & Acquisitions and Strategic Investments, Securities and the Wealth & Asset Management and Retail Brokerage divisions.

“Mike is a seasoned legal professional with significant corporate governance experience,” said Susan Zaunbrecher, executive vice president and chief legal officer. “His leadership will be critical to Fifth Third as we continue to execute on our priorities of stability, profitability and growth.”

Since joining Fifth Third in December 2017, Powell has facilitated the successful closure of numerous M&A, divestiture and strategic investment transactions, including Fifth Third’s successful merger with MB Financial Bank in May 2019. Prior to joining Fifth Third, Powell spent three years as sole in-house M&A Counsel at Teradata Corporation, a publicly traded big data analytics company with operations worldwide.

Post graduation from Harvard Law School, Powell also spent 10 years in Washington, D.C., where he was in private practice with the D.C. offices of two prominent Midwest-based firms, Baker Hostetler and Dickinson Wright.