• BankUnited hired Chad Loar as executive vice president to lead commercial banking across Florida, New York, New Jersey, Texas, the Southeast.
• Loar will set strategy for the commercial banking unit, targeting growth, profitability, lending, deposits, treasury services.
• He joins from PNC Bank in Tampa, where he most recently served as regional president overseeing operations across Florida’s west coast.
• Earlier roles included senior leadership posts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Fifth Third Bank in Tampa.
• Loar will report to Ernie Diaz, senior executive vice president for consumer and commercial/small business.

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