

Neal Blinde, President, Commercial Banking, Capital One
about NEAL BLINDE
Neal is responsible for leading multiple broad lines of business including commercial real estate, corporate banking, capital markets, business payments and treasury services. He is a member of the Capital One Executive Committee and reports to Capital One Chairman and CEO Rich Fairbank.
A 25-year veteran of the banking industry, Neal joined Capital One in 2022 to lead the commercial bank. He most recently served as treasurer of Well Fargo, where he was responsible for managing the company's balance sheet including capital, liquidity and funding, as well as leading corporate development and corporate economics. Before being named treasurer in 2015, Neal led the banking industry practice of Wells Fargo's corporate and investment bank, a business he was instrumental in launching and growing.
Neal earned an MBA from Georgetown University and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Minnesota. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst.
honoring

former honorees
2022 | Rob Sorin (Tradeweb) & Helene Sorin
2021 | Kris Kim | American Cancer Society, Inc.
2019 | Michael P. Lyons | The PNC Financial Services Group
2018 | Mary Callahan Erdoes | J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management
2017 | Cathy Engelbert | Deloitte US
2016 | Jon Pruzan | Morgan Stanley
2015 | Lee Olesky | Tradeweb Markets
2014 | Stephen S. Crawford | Capital One
2013 | Carmine Di Sibio | Ernst & Young LLP
2012 | Todd Gibbons | BNY Mellon
2011 | Gregory Fleming | Morgan Stanley
2010 | Kendrick R. Wilson | BlackRock
2009 | Ronald J. Kruszewski | Stifel Nicolaus
2008 | Nelson Chai | Merrill Lynch
2007 | Robert Matza | GoldenTree Asset Management
2006 – Laurence Fink | BlackRock
2005 | Mickey Rosenzweig | Rosenzweig Financial Services
2004 | Harry & Peter Poulakakos | Bayard’s Restaurant & Mel Stottlemyre | NY Yankees
2003 | Roger Staubach | The Staubach Company
2002 | John F. Hennessy III | Syska Hennessy Group
William C. Thompson | City of New York