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Jon W. Bilstrom, executive vice president, is head of Governance, Regulatory Relations and Legal Affairs for Comerica Incorporated. He also is Secretary of the Corporation. He is a member of Comerica's Management Policy Committee and Management Council.
Mr. Bilstrom is the chief legal officer and also is responsible for Comerica's relationships with all of its regulatory agencies. In addition, he is responsible for Corporate Compliance, Public Affairs and Financial Intelligence. Mr. Bilstrom helps ensure compliance with Securities and Exchange Commission, Sarbanes-Oxley Act and New York Stock Exchange governance rules, among other related responsibilities.
Mr. Bilstrom joined Comerica in January 2003 from The Bar Plan Mutual Insurance Company, of St. Louis, Mo., where he had served as president and chief executive officer. Previously, he served for nearly nine years as General Counsel and Secretary to the board of directors at Mercantile Bancorporation, also of St. Louis. He has extensive in-house and large-firm experience in the areas of corporate securities law, mergers and acquisitions, governmental regulation, commercial finance, litigation management and board of directors governance.
A U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Bilstrom earned the Purple Heart and other combat decorations for his distinguished military service while in Vietnam. He holds both a juris doctor degree and a bachelor of science degree from the University of Iowa. | 