Western Alliance Bancorporation announced that effective July 10, 2017, Kenneth Vecchione will return to the Company as President. Kenneth Vecchione will join Robert Sarver, Chairman and CEO, along with Dale Gibbons, CFO, and Jim Haught, COO, in the executive suite at Western Alliance. Vecchione was the company’s president and chief operating officer from 2010 to 2013, when he left to become CEO at Encore Capital Group. Prior to 2010, Vecchione served as Chief Financial Officer of Apollo Global Management, LLC, and prior to Apollo he was Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of MBNA Corporation. Vecchione has been a Director of Western Alliance since 2007. In connection with his appointment, Mr. Vecchione has resigned from his membership on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company.