Biography

Mr. Fawcett has served as a director since May 2024. He served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of CIT Group, Inc. from April 2017 until its acquisition by First Citizens BancShares in January 2022. Prior to that he held a variety of senior and executive leadership roles with increasing responsibility at both international and domestic financial institutions. He served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Americas and Citizens Financial Group (CFG) from January 2008 to April 2015, where he helped lead the CFG initial public offering (Sept. 2014) and separation from RBS. Mr. Fawcett held executive positions over a 20-year span, including the role of chief financial officer of Citigroup Inc.’s global transactions services and commercial markets business divisions (1987-2007). From 1980 to 1987 he was a senior audit manager at KPMG where he specialized in banking and financial services audit engagements. Mr. Fawcett also served as a member of the board of directors at Rabobank (Utrecht-Americas Holding Company), a Dutch multinational banking and financial services company, from 2016 to 2017 where he served as chair of audit committee.

Mr. Fawcett holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and an MBA from St. John’s University.