David F. Dierker, 47, has been named Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, a new position at SunTrust. Mr. Dierker is responsible for the Human Resources, Strategies, Mergers and Acquisitions, Audit Services, Corporate Real Estate, Efficiency, and Purchasing/Sourcing areas. Mr. Dierker was the Company's Strategic Financial Officer. Carl F. Mentzer, 59, currently head of the commercial line of business and acting chief credit officer, has been named Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer. In this role, he has company-wide oversight of the full range of credit-related functions including Credit Policy, Credit Authorization, Credit Review, Credit Risk Metrics, and Credit Technology as well as Capital Markets Risk Management, Special Assets, Portfolio Risk Analytics, and Wholesale Bank Credit Services. Messrs. Coords, Dierker and Mentzer will report directly to Mr. Humann, as will Raymond D. Fortin, 52, SunTrust general counsel, who has been promoted to Executive Vice President. Mary T. Steele, 55, SunTrust's director of human resources, has also been promoted to Executive Vice President.