Dharmesh Patel

Patel is a veteran of the banking industry with a successful track record of delivering enterprise-level priorities by leading cross-functional teams from concept to execution. In his role, he focuses on centralizing the services areas of Comerica's business to ensure oversight of execution, growth and performance to enable a single point of contact for the business areas.

Most recently, he served as the Operational Excellence and Transformation Executive for Truist Bank and was responsible for the merger and integration across supporting Truist Business and Operations teams. Prior to joining Truist (formerly SunTrust Bank) in 2013, he spent more than 12 years with Ernst & Young in its management consulting practice supporting global institutions.

Patel earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of London and has also studied at Harvard University and the London School of Economics.