First Citizens Bank has appointed Carol Yochem as head of its wealth management business. services. Ms Yochem will lead a team of ne...

First Citizens Bank has appointed Carol Yochem as head of its wealth management business. services. Ms Yochem will lead a team of nearly 300 wealth management professionals and will have overall responsibility for personal trust, estate settlement, corporate trust, retirement plan services, brokerage, asset management, life insurance and private banking. She joins from SunTrust Bank in Nashville where she was executive vice president of wealth management. Founded in 1898, First Citizens Bank operates 340 branches in more than 200 cities and towns in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. It plans to open offices this year in Tennessee and Maryland.