Capital One Financial Corp. announced that Peter E. Raskind has been appointed to the company's board of directors. Raskind, former Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of National City Corporation, will fill a newly created seat on the board, and will join the class of directors whose nominations will be submitted for election by the company stockholders in May 2012. Raskind will join the board's Audit and Risk Committee. With more than thirty years of commercial banking experience, Raskind is currently a consultant to banks and private equity bank investors. Until its merger with the PNC Financial Services Group in December 2008, Raskind served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of National City Corporation.