Exec News

Comerica Retail Head

Michael Aust was named SVP and national retail banking director at Comerica (Detroit). He previously led retail banking initiatives at National City Corp. (Cleveland).

AAMG Appoints COO

ABN AMRO Mortgage Group (Ann Arbor, Mich.) appointed Randy Conte COO. He previously was EVP and corporate controller for AAMG's parent company, LaSalle Bank (Chicago).

SkyTrust CEO

John S. Gulas was named president and CEO of Sky Trust, the wealth management arm of Sky Financial Group (Bowling Green, Ohio). He previously was EVP and chief fiduciary officer at UMB Financial Corp.

Leesport Hires CEO

Leesport Financial (Wyomissing, Pa.) hired Robert D. Davis as president and CEO. Most recently, Davis held the same posts at Republic First Bank (Philadelphia).

XBRL-U.S. Names Chair

Michelle Savage, VP of investor relations services for PR Newswire, was named vice-chair of the XBRL-U.S. Steering Committee and chairperson of the XBRL-U.S. Adoption Working Group. XBRL promotes the adoption of eXtensible Business Reporting Language, an XML-based standard for financial reporting.