Michael Capatides

Mr. Michael G. Capatides is a President & Chief Executive Officer at CIBC Bank USA, a Chief Administrative Officer & Senior VP at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and a President & Chief Executive Officer at CIBC Bank USA. He is also a Senior Executive Vice President and Group Head, U.S. Region He oversees CIBC’s expanding U.S. Region, including middle market commercial banking, wealth management, private banking, and retail and digital banking in the United States. Mr. Capatides joined CIBC in 1996 as General Counsel and Managing Director of CIBC World Markets, with responsibility for legal and compliance matters for CIBC World Markets globally. He was appointed Executive Vice President and CIBC's General Counsel in 1999 and Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel in 2007. Mr. Capatides was appointed Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel in 2008 and assumed leadership for Strategy and Corporate Development in 2014 and for CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank in 2017. Prior to joining CIBC, Mr. Capatides was a partner with Mayer, Brown & Platt from 1988. He previously served as a vice president in the legal departments for Citibank and Chemical Bank, and began his career as an associate at Shearman & Sterling in 1980. Mr. Capatides received his A.B. degree from Rutgers College in 1977 and his J.D. degree from the Columbia University School of Law in 1980.