Az Business Leaders magazine spotlights Arizona’s influential business leaders. Today, meet John Damiris, president of the Arizona region, UMB Bank.
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John Damiris, president of the Arizona region, UMB Bank
Background: Damiris is president of the Arizona Region at UMB. As the regional president of UMB Bank, Damiris oversees the financial institution’s commercial banking team and will focus on continued business development and growth. He provides support to grow all areas of the Bank, including helping find new clients and top talent to expand the Bank’s presence in the market. He joined UMB Bank in 2004 and was instrumental in driving the financial institution’s growth in Arizona.
Source of pride: “Building UMB in Arizona from a de novo to a $2 billion bank has been incredible. As proud as we are of the continued growth in assets, it is the relationships we have with our customers that has made the journey so unique, celebrating their successes as well as the bank’s.”
Professional advice: “The best advice I ever received is that ‘change is constant.’ We learned a lot in our first few, and as a younger lender, change was not something I enjoyed. However, those early years helped us manage — and flourish — through difficult times like the Great Recession, COVID and Silicon Valley Bank.”
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