Lars C. Anderson is Vice Chairman, The Business Bank, and a member of Comerica's Management Policy Committee. Anderson joined Comerica on December 6, 2010, from BB&T Corporation, where he most recently served as Group Banking Executive and Executive Vice President in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, with responsibility for a multi-billion-dollar loan portfolio, including 12 regional banks in Texas, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. He previously served as Group President of Georgia and Alabama (2005-2009), with the added responsibility of Texas following the Colonial Bank acquisition. During his more than 25 years with BB&T, he held a variety of positions of increasing scope and responsibility, including service as Regional and Group President for the Atlanta Metro Region and Georgia, and Regional President for the East Tennessee Region. Anderson earned a bachelor’s degree from Suffolk University in Boston and completed Advanced Management Programs at the business schools of both the University of North Carolina and University of Chicago.