Eric Feldstein has been named as M&T Bank Regional President of Western New York – the company's headquarter market and where it was founded 165 years ago – in addition to his role as Head of Business Banking, beginning in March of 2022. Feldstein will transition the role from Shelley Drake, who is retiring after a 50-year career with the company. Feldstein has held various positions in commercial and business banking throughout his 19 years with M&T. Most notably, he recently led an effort to help businesses secure the funds they needed during the pandemic, which included providing a total of $9.9 billion in funding to more than 58,000 businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

Feldstein has long been an active member of both the M&T and WNY communities. He co-founded the bank's first Hispanic Employee Resource Group and is on the Boards of Trustees of the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation and the Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo.