Fifth Third Bank Promotes Joy Gardner to Financial Center Manager

Joy Gardner was recently promoted to financial center manager for Fifth Third Bank. In this new role, she oversees the Mansell Village Bank Mart branch, handling client transactions, financial services and business operations of the branch, specifically in retail.

Previously, Gardner worked as a personal banker at Fifth Third before entering the Financial Center Manager Associate program in 2014. She has over ten years of banking experience.

Gardner has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Tuskegee University and has completed her first year of graduate school at Georgia State in business and finance. She enjoys being involved with church and community activities, including Rebuilding Together and Fifth Third’s Young Bankers Club.

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About Fifth Third Bank

Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Company has $134 billion in assets and operates 15 affiliates with 1,308 full-service Banking Centers, including 102 Bank Mart® locations, most open seven days a week, inside select grocery stores and 2,639 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 September 30, 2014, had $303 billion in assets under care, of which it managed $26 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.