Pathward Financial, Inc. and Pathward®, N.A. (Pathward) announced that Christopher Perretta has been elected as an independent member of the Board of Directors, effective February 28, 2023. Mr. Perretta will serve as a member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Pathward Financial and Pathward®, N.A. boards and the Risk and Credit Committee of the Pathward®, N.A. board. Mr. Perretta previously served as Chief Information and Operations Officer at MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation and its U.S. banking subsidiary, MUFG Union Bank, N.A. from March 2017 to January 2019.

From September 2007 until March 2017, he served as Global Chief Information Officer at State Street Corporation and as a member of State Street Corporation's Management Committee from February 2013 until March 2017. From December 1996 to September 2007, Perretta held various roles at General Electric Capital Corporation including Chief Information Officer for the North American Consumer Financial Services unit, Chief Technology Officer for General Electric Capital, and Chief Information Officer of General Electric Commercial Finance. He was also a Vice President for the General Electric Company.

From January 1985 until December 1996, Perretta served as a consultant at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) serving the technology and financial services practices in the United States, France and the UK. Perretta has been on the Board of Directors of NetScout Systems, Inc. since 2014 and previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of Deutsche Bank Trust NA, as well as a privately held technology company. He currently serves on the board of the Advanced Cyber Security Center.

He received a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University and a M.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University.