Kevin J. Howard

Executive Vice President and Chief Wholesale Banking Officer

Kevin Howard is executive vice president and chief wholesale banking officer for Synovus.

Howard leads the wholesale banking team, which includes multiple business lines, such as middle market banking, commercial real estate lending, structured lending, premium insurance financing, government banking, senior housing and capital markets.

In 1993 he began his career at Synovus as vice president for Columbus Bank and Trust, which was acquired by Synovus Financial. He was promoted to senior vice president of commercial, correspondent and affiliate lending in 2000. In 2005, Howard was named senior vice president of credit, leading the expansion of several new commercial businesses and developing the bank’s commercial and industrial lending strategy. His career trajectory at Synovus has encompassed advancing roles as chief credit officer from 2008-2019, before being appointed to his current role.

Howard serves on the board of directors for the Metro Columbus YMCA and is actively engaged with other community organizations. He earned a Bachelor of Science in finance from the University of Alabama and graduated from the Commercial Lending Graduate School at the University of Oklahoma.