Leadership

Mr. Singh is our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and one of the founding organizers of our Company. Mr. Singh was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of BankUnited, Inc. in January 2019 and President and Chief Executive Officer in January 2017. Mr. Singh served as our Chief Operating Officer from October 2010 up until his promotion in 2017. An industry veteran with over 25 years of experience, Mr. Singh has held several executive leadership positions prior to BankUnited including for Invesco’s WL Ross & Co., Capital One Financial Corp, North Fork Bancorporation and FleetBoston Financial Corporation. Mr. Singh serves on the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America (MBCA). In 2023 Mr. Singh served as Chairman of the MBCA, and from January 2020 through December 2022 he served on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors' Federal Advisory Council, representing the Atlanta Region. Mr. Singh earned his M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and his B.S. in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi.

Mr. Cornish has been our Chief Operating Officer since January 2017. Mr. Cornish was the Bank's President, Florida Region from March 2014 through December 2016. From 2003 to March 2014, Mr. Cornish served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Marsh & McLennan Agency, Florida Region. Prior to that, he held several senior leadership positions with SunTrust Bank from 1983 through 2003. While with Marsh & McLennan Agency, Mr. Cornish was recognized with honors as "Miami's CEO of the Year" by the South Florida Business Journal and the "Ultimate CEO" by Business Leader Magazine.

Mr. Cornish was also elected to the Florida International University ("FIU") School of Business Hall of Fame in 2013. In 2017, Mr. Cornish received the Torch Award from the FIU Alumni Association, the organization's highest award that recognizes alumni and faculty making positive impacts on their profession, the community and the university. Mr. Cornish previously served as Chairman of the Board of the FIU Foundation.

He is also the past Chairman of the FIU Wolfsonian Museum and past Chairman of the Board of the Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation. Mr. Cornish is a past Chairman of the Beacon Council and Assurex Global Corporation. He is a past board member of the Camillus House, The Chapman Partnership and past member of the Orange Bowl committee. Mr. Cornish earned his B.A. degree from Florida International University.

James Mackey joined BankUnited in 2025, and currently serves as the Company's Chief Financial Officer. Mackey is a seasoned business executive with extensive experience as a CFO for a variety of highly regarded financial institutions, helping to lead them through transformative periods of growth across finance, operations, risk and controls.

Most recently, Mackey served as the CFO for Wells Fargo’s consumer lending division. Previously, Mackey was the CFO for Freddie Mac and Ally Financial and was a divisional CFO for Bank of America’s corporate investments, corporate treasury and private equity divisions.

Mackey received a master’s in accounting and bachelor’s in business administration from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Mr. Bansal has been the Bank's Chief Investment Officer since February 2017 and most recently served as Executive Vice President, Mortgage Portfolio. Mr. Bansal joined the Bank in July 2009, and was part of the advisory group that worked on the Bank's acquisition. In his role as Chief Investment Officer, Mr. Bansal is responsible for the bank’s investment securities portfolio. He manages the Bank's residential loan portfolio, residential mortgage warehouse business and Pinnacle Public Finance business.

Prior to joining BankUnited, Mr. Bansal was a Managing Director in fixed income with Merrill Lynch from 2007 through 2009 and a fixed income trader at Lehman Brothers from 1998 through 2007. Mr. Bansal received a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and earned his Bachelor of Technology (Chemical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.

Mr. Richards has been the Bank's Chief Risk Officer since September 2019 when the Bank consolidated the Credit and Risk organizations into one Enterprise Risk Management group. Mr. Richards served as our Chief Credit Officer from January 2018 through September 2019. Prior to that, he held several senior leadership positions with TD Bank (and its predecessor banks) from 2008 until 2018, Compass Bank from 2006 until 2008, Regions Bank (and its predecessor banks) from 1999 until 2006, and Bank One (now part of JPMorgan Chase) from 1993 through 1999.

Mr. Richards has a breadth of experience across Capital Markets, Commercial C&I, Commercial CRE, Consumer Lending, Specialty Banking, Government and Not-for-Profit Banking industries, as well as, extensive Workout and Recovery experience. In addition, Mr. Richards has significant experience in bank mergers and acquisitions, from the due diligence phase through integration. He has also been an essential part of several core infrastructure and strategic realignment projects. Mr. Richards has a B.S. in Finance from Indiana State University.