BankUnited appointed financial executives Matthew Gallo, Daniel Mills and Laura Ackerman to form a new corporate banking team serving the New York metropolitan area.

“We are excited to welcome Matt, Dan and Laura to the BankUnited family,” Thomas M. Cornish, chief operating officer of BankUnited, said. “As a well-capitalized bank, we are giving this team the resources they need to deliver the customized financial solutions our clients require to grow and succeed.”

Gallo will lead the new team as executive vice president and managing director of corporate banking. With two decades of experience in the market, Gallo most recently served as managing director of business banking for First Republic Bank and is returning to BankUnited, where he previously served as a senior vice president from 2013 to 2018.

Mills joined BankUnited as senior vice president and corporate banking relationship manager. With 12 years of commercial banking and lending experience across the New York and Long Island, NY, markets, Mills most recently served as director and senior banker of business banking with First Republic Bank alongside Gallo and Ackerman. He began his banking career in 2011 with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he spent nine years in the global commercial banking group.

Ackerman brings experience in underwriting and credit analysis to her new role as BankUnited vice president and corporate banking relationship manager. A mentor to other women in the business community, Ackerman recently served as senior underwriter at First Republic Bank.