Fifth Third Bank Names Tom Booth as Affiliate Head of Mortgage

Fifth Third Bank (Georgia) recently announced that Tom Booth has been named senior vice president, division head of mortgage. As part of the Georgia affiliate team, Booth will manage and lead expansion of the residential mortgage business.

Booth has more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry, including three years at Fifth Third Bank as senior vice president, national wholesale channel manager. In this role, he led the expansion of the residential wholesale mortgage business for Fifth Third.

“We look forward to Tom’s contribution to our Georgia affiliate as he brings extensive experience and adds the necessary leadership that will help further improve our services,” said Mike Dunlap, president and CEO of Fifth Third Bank (Georgia). “I am confident that Tom’s impressive accomplishments from his previous roles in the financial industry will prove to be an asset to our Georgia affiliate.”

Booth has an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University. He is also a member of the Mortgage Bankers Association. Booth is relocating to Atlanta and will be based at Fifth Third Bank’s Georgia headquarters in Buckhead.

About Fifth Third Bank

Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Company has $133 billion in assets and operates 15 affiliates with 1,309 full-service Banking Centers, including 102 Bank Mart® locations, most open seven days a week, inside select grocery stores and 2,619 ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Georgia and North Carolina. Fifth Third operates four main businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending, and Investment Advisors. Fifth Third also has a 22.8% interest in Vantiv Holding, LLC. Fifth Third is among the largest money managers in the Midwest and, as of June 30, 2014, had $305 billion in assets under care, of which it managed $27 billion for individuals, corporations and not-for-profit organizations. Investor information and press releases can be viewed at www.53.com. Fifth Third’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ® Global Select Market under the symbol “FITB.” Fifth Third Bank was established in 1858. Member FDIC.

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