Regions Financial Corp. announced that José S. Suquet has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Suquet will serve on the Risk Committee and the Compensation Committee of the Regions Board of Directors. Mr. Suquet is Chairman, President and CEO of Pan-American Life Insurance Group. Prior to joining Pan-American Life Insurance Group, Mr. Suquet held senior management posts in the insurance industry for more than three decades, including serving as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Distribution Officer of AXA Financial. Mr. Suquet is a member of The American Council of Life Insurers’ Board of Directors and serves on the board of the Ochsner Health System. Previously he was a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta where he served as Chairman of the Retail Payments Office Oversight Committee. He also previously served on the Board of Directors for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, New Orleans Branch.