John M. Turner, Jr. is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Regions Financial Corporation, a leading regional bank headquartered in Birmingham, Ala., with approximately $160 billion in assets, operating retail branches across 15 states and serving 4.5 million households throughout the South, Midwest and Texas.
Turner has led Regions since 2018, after serving as President beginning in 2017 and earlier leading the Corporate Bank. He joined the company in 2011 as President of the South Region, overseeing banking operations across key Southeastern markets.
Turner has more than four decades of financial services experience. Prior to joining Regions, he was named president of Whitney National Bank and Whitney Holding Corporation in 2008 and was elected to the bank and holding company boards of directors. Earlier in his career, Turner held senior leadership roles at Whitney and AmSouth Bank across consumer, commercial, and business banking.
Turner is active in community and industry leadership. He serves on several corporate and nonprofit boards, including Southern Company, the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, Prosper Birmingham, United Way of Central Alabama, the Business Council of Alabama, the A+ Education Foundation and Infirmary Health System. He was appointed by the Governor to serve on the Alabama Growth Alliance and is also a trustee of the University of Georgia Foundation.
Turner earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Georgia.