Truist Financial named Ankur Vyas its new head of investor relations, effective immediately.

Vyas will report to Daryl Bible, CFO of Truist Financial. Vyas, who most recently led Truist Wealth Omni Channel, has been with Truist and SunTrust, Truist’s heritage institution, since 2013, during which time he led investor relations at SunTrust for six years.

“A core component of our mission at Truist is to optimize long-term value for all of our stakeholders. One of the ways we achieve this is by delivering high-quality, consistent and transparent communications to the investment community about our long-term strategy and financial performance,” Bible said. “We’re excited to welcome Ankur back to finance and have him lead this effort for the company, as he brings extensive investor relations and overall financial services industry knowledge to his new leadership role.”

In addition to Truist Wealth Omni Channel and investor relations, Vyas also served as assistant treasurer at SunTrust for three years and was responsible for capital management, funding and liquidity management. He also was responsible for SunTrust’s initial corporate social responsibility program.

Prior to joining SunTrust, Vyas gained a range of industry experience serving as a vice president in the financial institutions group at Goldman Sachs, where he provided corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and capital raising advice to financial services companies, primarily focused on the banking and specifically finance sector in North America. Before Goldman Sachs, Vyas worked in strategic planning at First Horizon National and structured credit products at Bank of America.

Vyas is a chartered financial analyst and was named to the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Institutional Investor all-America executive teams as one of the top investor relations professionals in the large-cap banks sector.