Comerica, an American business bank offering captive services, has announced that Kristina Janssens will be promoted to senior executive vice president and chief risk officer after two years at the company. In her new role, Janssens will report to president and CEO, Curt Farmer, and be responsible for overseeing risk across the entire enterprise, including the identification of emerging risks related to regulation, product, services, customer types, and channels. Prior to joining Comerica in 2023, she spent almost a decade with Flagstar Bank in numerous leadership roles, with previous experience in legal private practice, specialising in providing banks and financial institutions regulatory compliance guidance. Janssens was educated at Michigan State University, where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in marketing, in addition to obtaining a Juris Doctor from Wayne State University, Detroit.
