Jay Sidhu

Jay Sidhu is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Customers Bancorp, Inc. and Executive Chairman of Customers Bank. When Mr. Sidhu joined Customers Bank in 2009, previously known as New Century Bank, the company was a $250 million asset-troubled bank. Today, it is a high performing bank with over $19.6 billion in assets providing a range of banking and lending services to small and medium-sized businesses, professionals, individuals, and families. In early January 2021, Customers Bank announced it had completed its planned divestiture of its BankMobile business, with the new firm trading as BMTX. Upon closing of the divestiture deal, Customers received cash consideration of $23.1 million and holders of Customers common stock became entitled to receive an aggregate of 4,876,387 shares of BMTX’s common stock, representing approximately 41% of the outstanding common stock of BMTX. From 1989 to 2006, Mr. Sidhu was the Chairman and CEO of Sovereign Bancorp, Inc and Sovereign Bank, a $90 billion financial institution. During his 20-year career at Sovereign, he grew the organization from an IPO value of $12 million to the 17th largest banking institution in the U.S., with a market cap approaching $12 billion at the end of 2006. After retirement from Sovereign, Mr. Sidhu served as the Chairman and CEO of Sidhu Advisors, LLC, a private equity, and financial services consulting company. In March 2008, he filed for his own $150 million SPAC, Special Purpose Capital Corp. In May 2010, Mr. Sidhu led an investment in the publicly traded bank holding company Atlantic Coast Financial Corporation, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, which wholly owns Atlantic Coast Bank. Mr. Sidhu was appointed to the Board of Directors (still serving), and also served as the Chairman of the Board until April 2012. Mr. Sidhu has served on the boards of numerous businesses and non-for-profits, including as a member of the Board of Grupo Santander (Madrid), a director of Megalith Financial Acquisition Corporation, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Wilkes University. He obtained an MBA from Wilkes University and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Leadership Course. As a speaker on leadership and emotional intelligence, Mr. Sidhu has attended conferences in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, including Artificial Intelligence Week Middle East in Dubai. At his Alma Mater, he helped establish the Jay Sidhu School of Business and Leadership, with the goal of it becoming a prominent center of excellence in these disciplines.