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Ralph W. Babb Jr. is chairman and chief executive officer of Comerica Incorporated and Comerica Bank. He also serves as a director of both organizations.
Mr. Babb joined Comerica in 1995 as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He was named a vice chairman in 1999, responsible for Corporate Development and Planning, Controller, Treasury, Funds Management, Investor Relations, Economics, General Services and Real Estate, Corporate Legal and Corporate Staff. He was named president and chief executive officer in January 2002, completed his service as chief financial officer in April of that year, and added the title of chairman in October 2002.
Before joining Comerica, Mr. Babb served as vice chairman for Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. He joined Mercantile in 1978 as controller after seven years of service with Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co., where his last position was audit manager. He was named treasurer of Mercantile in 1979, chief financial officer in 1983 and vice chairman in 1987.
Mr. Babb holds a B.S. degree in business administration from the University of Missouri.
Among his professional and community affiliations, Mr. Babb serves as chairman of Detroit Renaissance, as a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago's Detroit branch and the Financial Services Roundtable, as a board member of The ClearingHouse and the Skillman Foundation, and as the immediate past board chairman of United Way Community Services. He also serves as a member of the Dallas Citizens Council. | 