Bruce Thompson

Vice Chair, Head of Enterprise Credit Bank of America

Last Reviewed: October 1, 2026

Executive Summary

Bruce Thompson has been a Vice Chair of Bank of America and Head of Enterprise Credit since October 2021, leading a global team that delivers credit solutions across its eight lines of business. He has held a string of top roles at the bank: chief risk officer in 2010 and 2011, chief financial officer from 2011 to 2015, and from 2018 to 2020 president of its operations in the EU and Switzerland and chief executive of Bank of America Europe DAC in Dublin. Bank of America ranked No. 20 on the 2026 Fortune 500.

Career Highlights

• Vice Chair and Head of Enterprise Credit since October 2021.
• President of the EU & Switzerland and CEO of Bank of America Europe DAC, 2018 to 2020.
• Chief Financial Officer of Bank of America, 2011 to 2015.
• Chief Risk Officer, 2010 to 2011.

Professional Journey

Thompson was Bank of America’s Chief Risk Officer from 2010 to 2011 and Chief Financial Officer from July 2011 to July 2015. He became a Vice Chairman in March 2016.

From May 2018 to December 2020 he was based in Dublin as President of the EU and Switzerland and CEO of Bank of America Europe DAC. He then led institutional credit exposure management and wholesale credit underwriting, and in October 2021 became Vice Chair and Head of Enterprise Credit. He is a trustee of the Darden School Foundation and of Allegheny College.

Education

No first-party source read for this profile states his education.