Zions Bancorporation announced leadership changes which will become effective on April 1, 2024, Paul E. Burdiss, who has served as Zions Bancorporation's executive vice president and chief financial officer since 2015, will succeed Mr. Anderson as president and CEO of Zions Bank. Ryan Richards will become executive vice president and chief financial officer of Zions Bancorporation, having served as the company's corporate controller for the past two years. Paul Burdiss has served very capably as chief financial officer for the past nine years, having previously served as corporate treasurer at SunTrust Banks Inc. in Atlanta, and before that as executive vice president, treasurer, and director of investor relations at Comerica Inc., in Dallas.

Mr. Burdiss is a graduate of Michigan State University in finance, and holds an MBA degree from the University of Michigan. Ryan Richards has served as corporate controller for three years, and was previously chief accounting officer and director of investor relations at Truist Financial Corporation in Charlotte, NC, and corporate controller at SunTrust Banks Inc. in Atlanta. His previous work experience includes positions at the Financial Accounting Standards Board; KPMG L.L.P. in Dallas and New York; the International Accounting Standards Board in London, England; the Federal Reserve Board'sDivision of Banking Supervision and Regulation in Washington, D.C.; and the Bank for International Settlements, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, in Basel, Switzerland.

He graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor's degree in accounting and a Master of Science in finance.