PR Newswire·Oct 21, 2026, 4:45 PM ET

Bank of America Names Jim Fitterling and Bill Thomas to Board of Directors

The Bank of America Corporation Board of Directors appointed Jim Fitterling and Bill Thomas as directors effective immediately.
Brian Moynihan, Chair and CEO, highlighted Fitterling's decades of industry experience and Thomas's deep financial expertise in audit and accounting.
Lead Independent Director Lionel Nowell III stated the appointments strengthen oversight of long-term strategy through complementary leadership.
Jim Fitterling, 65, is currently Executive Chairman of Dow Inc. and served as Dow's CEO from 2018 to 2026.
Fitterling began his career at Dow over 40 years ago, holds a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and serves on the 3M Board.
Bill Thomas, 58, served as Global Chairman and CEO of KPMG International from 2017 to 2026, leading a network of 265,000 professionals across 143 countries.
Thomas possesses nearly four decades of experience in audit, accounting, and financial reporting, is a chartered accountant, and holds a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from the University of British Columbia.
Bank of America serves over 69 million clients in the U.S. via approximately 3,500 retail centers, 15,000 ATMs, and 60 million digital users.
The company is the #1 small business lender in the U.S. and operates in more than 35 countries.
Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.