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.