Scott C. Swanson is regional president of PNC Bank in Illinois. He leads the local executive banking team, including Corporate Banking, Asset Management and Retail. In addition, he represents PNC in the community and directs community engagement.

Swanson has 25 years of banking and other corporate experience. He joined PNC in February 2013 from Charter One and RBS Citizens, Illinois and Michigan, where he served as president and a member of RBS Citizen's Executive Leadership Group, the company's senior leadership team.

Swanson joined Charter One in 2007 following 17 years at JPMorgan Chase and its predecessors, including American National Bank. He spent 16 years in Chase's commercial bank and was senior vice president and national executive of Chase's business banking operations.

In this position, he managed approximately 1,000 employees in 125 cities across 17 states. Prior to joining Chase, Swanson began his professional career at Arthur Andersen in its Tax group.

Active in the Chicago community, Swanson serves as chairman of the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and is on the executive committees of the Adler Planetarium and LISC Chicago. He serves on the boards of directors of After School Matters, the Big Shoulders Fund, the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center and the Executives’ Club of Chicago. He is a member of the Cook County Council of Economic Advisors, the Economic Club of Chicago, the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the finance council of the Archdiocese of Chicago, and serves as a trustee of Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago.

Swanson earned his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago, where he graduated with honors. He is also a graduate of the University of Illinois, where he earned a bachelor of science in finance.

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