John Barton — Executive Vice President, Head of Specialised Industries and Group Head of Healthcare at Regions Financial Corporation

Mr. John Barton serves as Group Head of Healthcare, Head of Specialized Industries and Executive Vice President at Regions Financial Corporation. Mr. Barton serves as Group Head of Healthcare and Executive Vice President at Regions Bank and served as its Head of Specialized Industries. Mr. Barton has been a Specialized Industries Executive at Regions Financial Corp., since December 2011 with responsibility for Healthcare, Transportation, Restaurant and Technology and Defense specialized industry groups. Mr. Barton served as Executive Vice President of Healthcare Banking Division at Regions Financial Corp. from June 2009 to December 2011. Mr. Barton has more than 30 years of sales leadership experience. He served as Managing Director of Corporate Lending at Suntrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. He held management positions at SunTrust Banks, Inc., CRC Equities and Third National Bank. He served as Managing Director and Co-head of the healthcare group for SunTrust. Mr. Barton earned a Bachelors degree in Business Administration and Finance from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He is a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking.