JPMorgan Chase on Thursday promoted two of its prime executives into newly created co-president roles, marking the newest step in CEO Jamie Dimon’s long-running succession planning whereas saying the retirement of one among Dimon’s most outstanding potential successors.
Doug Petno and Troy Rohrbaugh, who’ve collectively led the financial institution’s business and funding banking division since early 2024, have been named co-presidents of JPMorgan efficient instantly, in accordance with a regulatory submitting.
As a part of the adjustments, Petno, 61, turns into the only real chief government of the business and funding banking division, whereas Rohrbaugh, 56, will take over as CEO of the agency’s shopper and neighborhood banking division, succeeding Marianne Lake.
“The choice to raise Doug and Troy to Co-Presidents and heads of the corporate’s two largest companies displays the Board’s confidence of their extraordinary management capabilities, enterprise efficiency, relationships, expertise and dedication to at all times doing the best factor,” Dimon stated in a assertion.
Co-CEOs of Industrial & Funding Financial institution at JPMorganChase, Troy Rohrbaugh and Douglas Petno.
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Lake, a 25-year veteran of JPMorgan who has been on the quick listing of potential Dimon successors since serving as CFO beginning in 2013, determined to retire from the agency, in accordance with the submitting.
The strikes reshape the management crew beneath Dimon, 70, who has repeatedly stated the financial institution’s board has a number of executives able to ultimately turning into CEO. By putting Petno and Rohrbaugh in control of the agency’s two greatest and most essential working companies whereas additionally elevating them to co-presidents, JPMorgan offers each executives broader administration expertise at an important time.
Dimon expects to stay CEO for roughly three extra years, although that timeline may change, in accordance with two folks with data of his considering. The financial institution has stated that after Dimon steps down, he’ll seemingly keep on as chairman to advise the brand new CEO.
Earlier than the newest adjustments, Petno had the sting over Rohrbaugh within the succession race, however that hole has closed, in accordance with the 2 folks, who declined to be recognized talking concerning the financial institution’s plans. Both supervisor may take over for Dimon within the quick time period if wanted, they stated.
Whereas Petno takes over sole management of the important thing Wall Road and business banking group that he has co-led for a couple of years, Rohrbaugh will now be taught shopper banking after a profession in institutional buying and selling and markets companies, a key step to increasing his resume.
Lake submitted her resignation after the board winnowed the successor shortlist to the 2 males, in accordance with one of many folks. The individual instructed CNBC they anticipate Lake to search out an government function elsewhere.
Dimon stated that Lake, who took over as sole head of the patron banking division in 2024, was “an excellent associate and buddy and has devoted her profession to championing our folks and prospects, constructing world-class companies and delivering outcomes, at all times with unquestioned integrity.”
$30 million bonuses
In one other signal of their freshly minted standing atop the succession listing, Petno and Rohrbaugh every acquired one-time restricted inventory bonuses valued at $30 million.
That’s considerably greater than the $20 million awards given to asset and wealth administration CEO Mary Erdoes, one other potential Dimon successor, and Chief Working Officer Jennifer Piepszak. Final yr, Piepszak signaled that she wished to be excluded from the succession shortlist.
The awards are separate from the executives’ annual pay and vest solely after three years if JPMorgan hits a mean return on tangible widespread fairness of a minimum of 12% between 2026 and 2028. The executives should additionally stay employed throughout that interval, with no vesting for retirement, job elimination or authorities service.
The financial institution stated the awards have been meant to “protect prime certified inside succession candidates” and keep continuity amongst its working committee throughout any future management transitions.
Jamie Dimon, chief government officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., in the course of the 2026 Reagan Nationwide Financial Discussion board on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, US, on Friday, Could 29, 2026.
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Throughout his 20-year reign atop JPMorgan, Dimon has overseen the rise of a middling establishment to what’s now the most important U.S. financial institution by belongings and the world’s largest lender by market capitalization.
However at any time when the subject of succession planning got here up, Dimon has stated that retirement was at all times 5 years away, in what grew to become a working joke on the agency. In that point, a number of deputies have moved on to steer different organizations after dropping persistence that the highest job would ever change into accessible.
About two years in the past, nonetheless, Dimon signaled that his retirement date, nonetheless murky that also is, was inching nearer.
“The timetable is not 5 years anymore,” Dimon stated on the financial institution’s 2024 annual investor assembly.
