Huntington Bancshares Incorporated has appointed Brant Standridge as president of the company and of its subsidiary, The Huntington National Bank, the Columbus, Ohio based bank holding company said on September 8, 2026. The appointment took effect immediately.
In the expanded role, Standridge will oversee all of Huntington's revenue generating businesses and will report to Stephen Steinour, the company's chairman and chief executive officer. Huntington said the promotion reflects an extensive succession planning process conducted over several years by its board of directors, by Steinour and by third party experts.
The change is an orderly transfer of title within the existing leadership team. Steinour, whose titles have been chairman, president and chief executive officer, plans to continue as chairman and chief executive officer for several more years, the company said, and will remain focused on company strategy and execution.
Steinour said Standridge is an exceptional leader with deep banking experience, strong operating discipline and a clear focus on delivering for customers and colleagues. He added that since joining the bank Standridge has played an important role in advancing the growth agenda and strengthening alignment across the businesses, and that in the expanded role he will be responsible for the continued revenue growth and performance of the bank.
Huntington linked the appointment to Standridge's work establishing and leading the bank's Growth Council, a body that brings together leaders from across the company's revenue producing businesses to identify and capitalise on long term growth opportunities. Standridge also led all integration activity related to Veritex Community Bank and Cadence Bank, including the Cadence conversion, which the company described as the largest in its history and as a step in extending its growth across Texas and the South.
Standridge joined Huntington in April 2022 as president of consumer and business banking. In that role he oversaw the company's consumer, private and business banking units, including branch banking, business banking, community development, consumer finance, insurance, regional banking and wealth management, in addition to all corporate marketing activities.
Before joining Huntington he was chief retail community banking officer at Truist, a position he assumed in December 2019 on the closing of the merger between BB&T Corporation and SunTrust Banks. His earlier roles at Truist and its predecessor institutions included more than five years as a member of the executive leadership team, with responsibility for businesses including retail banking, indirect auto finance, equipment finance, mortgage and commercial mortgage banking. He also served eight years as a regional president, in Baltimore, Atlanta and Dallas.
Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is a regional bank holding company with 284 billion dollars in assets, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1866, it operates over 1,400 branches in 21 states and describes itself as a top 10 United States commercial bank. Through The Huntington National Bank and its affiliates it provides consumers, small and middle market businesses, corporations, municipalities and other organisations with banking, payments, wealth management and risk management products and services.
The appointment lands during a period of consolidation among United States regional banks, in which acquirers have absorbed branch networks and deposit franchises in new geographies and then faced the operational task of merging them. Huntington's integration of Veritex Community Bank and Cadence Bank extended its reach across Texas and the South, and that work has been among the company's larger recent undertakings.
Separating the president role from the chief executive role concentrates responsibility for revenue growth in a single executive while leaving overall strategy with the chief executive. Huntington has framed the move as the product of a multi year succession planning process, which places Standridge at the head of every business that generates income for the bank and gives the board a tested internal candidate sitting directly beneath the chief executive in the operating structure.
