Eckerle to lead PNC’s operations

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Connie Bond Stuart, 66, PNC Bank’s top local executive for more than a decade, plans to retire April 30 after a 41-year career with the bank.

Jason Eckerle, 53, who is Midwest regional executive for PNC Commercial Banking, has been named as Stuart’s successor.

Stuart oversees PNC’s operations in central and southern Indiana, including more than 45 bank offices in the Indianapolis area.

PNC is the second-largest bank doing business in the Indianapolis area when ranked by local deposits, according to IBJ research. It had $9.7 billion in local deposits as of June 30, 2020, second to JP Morgan Chase’s $13.6 billion.

Eckerle, an Indianapolis native, started his banking career in 1995 as a credit analyst for First America Bank, which later became National City Bank. When PNC acquired National City in 2008, Eckerle was promoted to market leader for corporate and commercial banking in Indiana.