Harris Simmons Zions Bancorporation CEO Rating

Zions Bancorporation CEO Harris Simmons Bio

Mr. Harris Henry Simmons has been the Chief Executive Officer of Zions Bancorporation since 1990 and served as its President. Mr. Simmons served as the Principal Executive Officer of Zions Financial Corp. He served as a Principal Executive Officer of Zions First National Bank and also served as its Officer since 1981. He has served in a variety of positions at Zions and Zions First National Bank for more than 35 years, including Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Simmons serves as the Chairman of both ZFNB Asset Fund, Inc., Economic Development Corporation of Utah and NSB Asset Fund, Inc. He has been the Chairman ofZions Bancorporation since 2002. Mr. Simmons has been the Chairman of ZB, National Association (formerly Zions First National Bank), a subsidiary of Zions Bancorp. since 2002. He serves as Chairman of the Utah Symphony. He served as the Chairman and Member of American Bankers Association until October 2006. He has been a Trustee of Simmons Family Foundation ( also known as Simmons Media Group Inc.) since 1977. He serves as a Director of O. C. Tanner Company, National Life Group and NetDeposit, LLC. He has been a Director of Dominion Midstream GP LLC - General Partner of Dominion Midstream Partners, LP since October 29, 2016 and National Life Insurance Company since 2007. He has been a Director at Zions Bancorporation since 1989. He serves as Director at National Life Holding Company. Mr. Simmons served as Lead Director at Dominion Questar Corporation (formerly Questar Corporation) since 2013 until September 16, 2016 and an Independent Director since 1992 until September 16, 2016. He served as a Director of The Commerce Bank of Washington, National Association. He served as a Director of National Bank of Arizona. He served as Director of Amegy Bank, National Association. He served as a Director of Questar Gas Company, Nevada State Bank and Zions Financial Corp. He is active in community affairs in the Salt Lake City area. He is a Member of the Financial Services Roundtable. He serves as President of the Shelter-the-Homeless Committee and Chairs the capital campaign for the Great Salt Lake Council of The Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Simmons holds B.A. degree, magna cum laude in Economics from the University of Utah and an M.B.A. Degree from Harvard Business School, emphasis in Finance.

Zions Bancorporation CEO Harris Simmons At a Glance

The CEO score provides an understanding of how employees feel about the CEO’s leadership style and effectiveness at Zions Bancorporation.

Based on 39 ratings, Harris Simmons ranks right above Wells Fargo's CEO, Charles Scharf.

Zions Bancorporation's CEO is highly regarded by the IT department, employees with Over 10 Years experience, and Female employees. However, employees with 6 to 10 Years experience, employees who have been at the company 1 to 2 Years, and employees with 1 to 3 Years experience have a less favorable view of the CEO and believe there is room for improvement. Overall, the CEO score has remained stable over the last 90 days.