Simmons Bank Names Chief Digital Officer
19 July 2019 - 12:14AM
Simmons Bank has named Alejandro “Alex” Carriles executive vice
president and chief digital officer. Carriles’ responsibilities
include direct oversight of Simmons’ digital banking strategy,
customer experience through digital channels and customer
acquisition through digital tools.
Carriles joins Simmons from BBVA Compass, where he most recently
served as executive vice president and director of Retail Customer
Solutions Development. In this role, he led mobile and online
banking channels, as well as digital account origination for all
consumer and small business products. Carriles also spearheaded the
development of digital sales platforms for deposit accounts,
personal loans, credit cards and insurance products.
“Alex is an industry leader whose innovation, management skills
and track record for digital banking success are truly
extraordinary,” said George Makris, chairman and CEO of Simmons
First National Corporation. “We are eager for our customers to
experience the impact of his talent through our digital
offerings.”
Carriles brings more than 25 years of experience to his role at
Simmons, having overseen technology projects for international and
domestic financial institutions, private sector corporations and
government agencies. He has served as a keynote speaker for
numerous banking conferences across the United States and in
countries such as France, Sweden, Malaysia and the United
Kingdom.
In 2012, Carriles was recognized as an honoree in American
Banker’s “Mobile Banker of the Year” awards. The following year,
Bank Innovation named him to their list of “2013 Innovators to
Watch: 44 Executives Shaping the Future of Banking.”
A founding member of the American Banker’s Digital Banking
Leadership Council, Carriles has also served as a member of the
Digital Committee of the Consumer Bankers Association since
2016.
Carriles holds a bachelor’s degree and summa cum laude
distinction from the Monterrey Institute of Technology in
Monterrey, Mexico and a master’s degree from IPADE Business School
in Mexico City. He has also completed executive education and
corporate management programs from institutions ranging from the
University of Texas at Austin and Wharton Executive Education to
the IESE Business School in Spain.
About Simmons Bank Simmons Bank is an Arkansas
state-chartered bank that began as a community bank in 1903.
Through the decades, Simmons has developed a full suite of
financial products and services designed to meet the needs of
individual consumers and business customers alike. Simmons has
grown steadily to approximately $17.6 billion in assets (as of
April 12, 2019) and today operates more than 200 branch locations
throughout Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri,
Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. Simmons is the subsidiary bank for
Simmons First National Corporation (NASDAQ: SFNC), a publicly
traded bank holding company headquartered in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
For more information, visit http://www.simmonsbank.com/.
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Sarah Shafer
Simmons Bank
501-223-4282
sarah.shafer@simmonsbank.com
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