BOK Financial COO Dan Ellinor Resigns

(RTTNews) - BOK Financial Corp. (BOKF) said FRiday that its chief operating officer, Dan Ellinor, has resigned after a 12-year career with the company.

Before joining BOK Financial, Ellinor had a 20-year banking career in Texas and maintains a residence in Austin. He plans to return there to be near family and pursue entrepreneurial opportunities.

The company said the role of COO will not be back-filled. Instead, a new position within the Commercial Banking division has been created and some additional organizational changes have been announced.

Chief Credit Officer Stacy Kymes has been named executive vice president, Corporate Banking, a new role designed to oversee the specialized banking groups within Commercial Banking. Those groups include energy, commercial real estate, healthcare and syndications. He will also be responsible for TransFund, the company's electronic funds transfer network.

A new chief credit officer has not been named at this time, but Kymes will support the division in the interim and ensure successful transition until a successor is identified. The company plans to fill the position with an internal candidate.

Norm Bagwell, executive vice president, Regional Banks, and CEO, Bank of Texas, will maintain his existing role as leader of the market banks and gain additional responsibilities over the Business Banking and Treasury Services groups.