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Old National's Jim Ryan on the things that really matter
06/12/2025
Old National's Jim Ryan on the things that really matter
Jim Ryan has led Old National Bank through a massive wave of growth — through major mergers and organic growth, the Evansville, Indiana-based bank has reached $70 billion in assets and a footprint that extends from Minnesota to Tennessee. The bank has grown by 250% since Ryan moved into the CEO role in 2019. On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast — presented by — Ryan discusses: The bank’s growing profile, including its new marketing partnership with the . Why the bank remains committed to its hometown of Evansville, even as it grows into a more expansive regional bank. His views on deposit insurance reform and areas other areas of focus as , ABA’s peer group for midsize bank CEOs. Ryan also discusses the experience of leading Old National through the devastating mass shooting at a Louisville, Kentucky, bank branch in 2023 — a tragedy that claimed the lives of 5 victims, all of them bank employees. “We always felt like we were a family, but that definition of family was completely reinforced,” he says. “After you go through a tragedy like that, it takes a lot of love, it takes a lot of support, and it takes a lot of care.”
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