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Bank CEOs, directors, investment bankers and law and accounting advisors on bank M&A.
- Dates
- Feb 7 to Feb 9, 2027
- Where
- Phoenix, AZ
- Cost
- Ticket $2,695 to $4,595. Early individual $2,695 (to Dec 11, 2026), standard $2,795; group 3+ $2,495/$2,595; non-banker (advisors, attorneys, vendors) $4,595; guest $595.
- Type
- Conference · Paid ticket
- Organizer
- Bank Director
- Audience level
- Senior, Executive
- Last checked
- October 23, 2026 against the event’s own site
Official site and registration
Cheaper ways in: Early rate to Dec 11; group rate for 3+; banks in Bank Director's membership program may get special rates (877-397-7595).
Speaking opportunities
Has sessions, ask how speakers are chosen
Page lists speakers but no way to propose.
Who goes
Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.
Segments: Community and regional banking
Roles: bank executive, community bank cfo
Levels: Senior, Executive
The field it serves: Financial Services & Banking
- Verified open jobs
- about 42,954
- Typical posted salary
- $149,000 a year (middle half $106,000 to $205,000)
- Entry or early-career level
- 30% of openings
- Employment, year over year
- −1.2% in financial activities, the closest BLS sector
Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.
Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 1,420 of the newest 5,000 verified open jobs.
Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.
Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, September 2026.
Full Financial Services & Banking snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences
Employers at this conference
Exhibitors, sponsors and speakers we have found on the event’s own lists.
- Abrigo Sponsoring 2027
- Adrenaline Sponsoring 2027
- AgentIQ Sponsoring 2027
- Agri-Access Sponsoring 2027
- Alkami Technology Sponsoring 2027
- Alston & Bird Sponsoring 2027
- AppGate Sponsoring 2027
- Arnold & Porter Sponsoring 2027
- Baker Tilly Sponsoring 2027
- Ballard Spahr Sponsoring 2027
- Barnes & Thornburg Sponsoring 2027
- Barnes & Thornburg LLP Sponsoring 2027
- Basys Processing Sponsoring 2027
- BHG Financial Sponsoring 2027
- Blanchard Sponsoring 2027
- Bradley Sponsoring 2027
- Brean Capital Sponsoring 2027
- Bretton AI Sponsoring 2027
- CDValet Sponsoring 2027
- Chartwell Partners Sponsoring 2027
- Chatham Financial Sponsoring 2027
- CLA Sponsoring 2027
- Clark Street Capital Sponsoring 2027
- COCC Sponsoring 2027
- Commerce Street Holdings Sponsoring 2027
- CompliSolv Sponsoring 2027
- Continental Stock Transfer Sponsoring 2027
- Cornerstone Advisors Sponsoring 2027
- Creatio Sponsoring 2027
- Crowe Sponsoring 2027
- CSI Sponsoring 2027
- Darling Consulting Sponsoring 2027
- Davis Polk Sponsoring 2027
- Davis Wright Tremaine Sponsoring 2027
- Deluxe Sponsoring 2027
- Derivative Path Sponsoring 2027
- ebankIT Sponsoring 2027
- Eide Bailly Sponsoring 2027
- Empyrean Solutions Sponsoring 2027
- FHLBank Atlanta Sponsoring 2027
- FIS Sponsoring 2027
- HC3 Sponsoring 2027
- ICI Consulting Sponsoring 2027
- IntraFi Sponsoring 2027
- Lumin Digital, Inc. Sponsoring 2027
- Profit Resources, Inc. Sponsoring 2027
- Quantum Six Sponsoring 2027
- R&T Deposit Solutions Sponsoring 2027
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Sponsoring 2027
- Wealth Access Inc. Sponsoring 2027
- Alston & Bird LLP Speaking 2027
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Speaking 2027
- First Busey Corporation Speaking 2027
- Glacier Bancorp Speaking 2027
- Hovde Group Speaking 2027
- Jack Henry Speaking 2027
- Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, a Stifel Company Speaking 2027
- nCino Speaking 2027
- Performance Trust Capital Partners Speaking 2027
- Q2 Speaking 2027
- Renasant Corporation Speaking 2027
- Stephens Inc. Speaking 2027
- Visa USA Speaking 2027
- Wintrust Financial Speaking 2027
- Zelle Speaking 2027
Read from the event’s own pages: www.bankdirector.com.
Speakers and sessions
Named on the event’s own program. Titles and organizations are as the event lists them.
Moderators
Michelle King
CEO, Bank Director
Panelists
Ashley Ensley
Partner, National Financial Services Sector Leader, Forvis Mazars
Brian Leibfried
Head of Client Insights, Performance Trust Capital Partners
Catherine Mealor
CFO, Renasant Corporation
Hunter Westbrook
CEO, HomeTrust Bank
Justinian Zhao
Head of Visa Direct, North America, Visa USA
Kirk Coleman
Chief Business Officer, Q2
Mandi Simpson
Partner, Crowe
Mark Gooch
Chair, President & CEO, Community Trust Bancorp
Mark Kanaly
Partner, Alston & Bird LLP
Meg Tahyer
Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Michael Molepske
CEO & Chair, Bank First
Randy Chesler
President & CEO, Glacier Bancorp
Sean Desmond
President & CEO, nCino
Stephanie Ferris
President & CEO, FIS
Timothy Crane
President & CEO, Wintrust Financial
Speakers
Adam Glasier
Managing Director, Stephens Inc.
Curtis Carpenter
Senior Managing Director, Hovde Group
Denise Leonhard
General Manager, Zelle
Gregory Adelson
President & CEO, Jack Henry
Marc Stefanski
Chair & CEO, Third Federal Savings & Loan
Michael Reed
Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Sven Mickisch
Managing Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Thomas Michaud
President & CEO, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, a Stifel Company
Van Dukeman
Chair & CEO, First Busey Corporation
Read from the event’s own pages: bankdirector.com
Industries and functions
Where it is and who it is for
Held in Phoenix, AZ. Local jobs, employers, layoffs and other conferences nearby are on the place pages.
Past and planned editions
- 2027: February 7, 2027 to February 9, 2027, Phoenix, AZ
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