James C. Ryan III (Jim)

James “Jim” C. Ryan, III serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Old National Bancorp, a role he assumed in 2019. Since joining Old National in 2005, Mr. Ryan has held several executive leadership positions, including Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 2016 to 2019. His previous roles at the company also include Director of Corporate Development and Mortgage Banking, Integration Executive, and Treasurer.

Before joining Old National, Mr. Ryan held senior finance positions at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage and Old Kent Financial Corp.

Mr. Ryan is actively engaged in industry and community leadership. He serves on the board of directors for the American Bankers Association (ABA) and is chair of the ABA’s American Bankers Council. He also serves on the board of directors of the Mid-Size Bank Coalition of America. Locally, he is the Chair of Deaconess Health Systems, Vice Chair of the Evansville Regional Business Committee, and a Southwest Indiana Regional Development Authority member. Additionally, his board memberships extend to the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, Inc., the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership, the Orr Fellowship, and Golf Gives Back.

Mr. Ryan holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Grand Valley State University, earned in 1994.