Amerant Bancorp Inc. announced on its earnings call on April 21, 2023, the promotion of Carlos Iafigliola, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, to Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. This promotion is effective immediately. Mr. Iafigliola will continue to serve as CFO until such time that his successor is announced.

Mr. Iafigliola, age 46, was appointed Senior Executive Vice President in January 2023. He was named CFO in May 2020 after having served as Interim CFO from March to May 2020. As CFO, Mr. Iafigliola is responsible for Amerant's financial management, including treasury, financial reporting and accounting, financial analysis, investor relations & sustainability, loan operations, internal controls and corporate tax.

He chairs the Board of Amerant Investments Inc., chairs the Asset-Liability Committee of Amerant Bank, N.A. and is member of the Board of Amerant Mortgage, LLC. He was recently appointed as member of the Investment Committee of United Way Miami. Prior to his appointment as Interim CFO, Mr. Iafigliola served as Senior Vice President and Treasury Manager from 2015 to May 2020.

He was responsible for balance sheet management and overall supervision of the company's Treasury functions, including management of the investment portfolio, professional funding and relationships with regulatory agencies and financial markets participants. Mr. Iafigliola's tenure at Amerant began in 2004, and he has held various management positions in the Treasury area. Prior to joining Amerant, he served in senior roles in Market Risk at Banco Mercantil, a subsidiary of Mercantil Servicios Financieros (MSF), from 2000 to 2004.

He joined MSF in April 1998. Mr. Iafigliola earned a degree in Economics from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela in 1998 and a Masters in Finance from Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración (IESA). In 2003 he was also part of Miami Leadership Program cohort 2011.