Capital One Appoints Girish Bachani Collin County Market President

PLANO, Texas - Feb. 6, 2015 - PRLog -- Capital One announced today the appointment of Girish Bachani as Collin County Market President. He is responsible for the design, development and implementation of an integrated community strategy for Capital One in Collin County. Bachani is also part of the senior leadership team of Capital One’s Plano-based Financial Services division, serving as Managing Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The division includes the Home Loans and Auto Finance lines of business.

“Through their hands-on knowledge and internal and external networks, our Market Presidents help to connect Capital One’s resources with community needs to strengthen each community in our footprint and, as a result, bolster our business,” said Capital One South Central Regional President Sanjiv Yajnik. “They play a critical role in ensuring that Capital One lives up to its promise of Investing for Good in the communities we serve.”

Active in the community, Bachani serves on the board of directors of Community in Schools, Dallas Region, and is a Meals on Wheels volunteer. He was instrumental in creating Math Corp, an annual program designed to help elementary students excel at mathematics. In 2014, Bachani also helped create a mathematics tutoring program at Bowman Middle School in East Plano, where his Financial Services Finance team provides one-on-one tutoring to middle school students.

Capital One’s East Plano Place-Based Initiative (PBI) will be a significant focus of Bachani’s as Collin County Market President. The Plano PBI is a multi-faceted community revitalization project created by Capital One to serve as a catalyst for the continued development of Plano east of Highway 75. The East Plano PBI represents a strategic investment by Capital One to enhance and expand economic opportunities for families and businesses in Plano.

Bachani joined Capital One in 2003 and has led several finance-related projects, such as working on integrating the company’s acquisitions over the years. Before joining Capital One, Bachani served in various leadership positions with American Airlines, obtaining experience in treasury, financial planning and international planning during his nine years at that company.

Bachani earned an MBA from Rice University and a master’s degree in accounting from Bombay University.

About Capital One

Capital One Financial Corporation (www.capitalone.com) is a financial holding company whose subsidiaries, which include Capital One, N.A., and Capital One Bank (USA), N. A., had $205.5 billion in deposits and $308.9 billion in total assets as of December 31, 2014. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One offers a broad spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small businesses and commercial clients through a variety of channels. Capital One, N.A. has branches located primarily in New York, New Jersey, Texas, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. A Fortune 500 company, Capital One trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “COF” and is included in the S&P 100 index.