Zions Bancorporation announced several leadership changes which will become effective on April 1, 2024, at Zions Bank, Zions Bancorporation's largest banking division, and at the parent company: A. Scott Anderson, who has served as president and CEO of Zions Bank since 1998, will retire from his managerial duties following a ­­­­33-year career with the bank. Scott will become non-executive chairman of Zions Bank. Paul E. Burdiss, who has served as Zions Bancorporation's executive vice president and chief financial officer since 2015, will succeed Mr. Anderson as president and CEO of Zions Bank.

R. Ryan Richards will become executive vice president of Zions Bancorporation, having served as the company's corporate controller for the past two years. Thomas E. Laursen, Zions Bancorporation's general counsel, will retire and be succeeded by Rena Miller, who is currently the company's deputy general counsel. Paul Burdiss has served very capably as chief financial officer for the past nine years, having previously served as corporate treasurer at SunTrust Banks Inc. in Atlanta, and before that as executive vice president, treasurer, and director of investor relations at Comerica Inc., in Dallas.

Mr. Burdiss is a graduate of Michigan State University in finance, and holds an MBA degree from the University of Michigan. Ryan Richards has served as corporate controller for three years, and was previously chief accounting officer and director of investor relations at Truist Financial Corporation in Charlotte, NC, and corporate controller at SunTrust Banks Inc. in Atlanta. His previous work experience includes positions at the Financial Accounting Standards Board; KPMG L.L.P. in Dallas and New York; the International Accounting Standards Board in London, England; the Federal Reserve Board'sDivision of Banking Supervision and Regulation in Washington, D.C.; and the Bank for International Settlements, Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, in Basel, Switzerland.

He graduated from Texas A&M University with a bachelor's degree in accounting and a Master of Science in finance. Rena Miller has served in legal roles with Zions Bancorporation for 14 years, including as deputy general counsel since 2015. She was previously of counsel to Mrs. Fields Famous Brands, LLC and at Jones Waldo Holbrook & McDonough, both in Salt Lake City.

She holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Utah, where she also received her J.D degree.