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Leslie Lunak

Chief Financial Officer
BankUnited

Leslie Lunak is senior executive vice president and chief financial officer of BankUnited, Inc., the holding company of BankUnited N.A., a national bank headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida. BankUnited has $35.9 billion in assets as of June 30, 2023, providing a full range of banking services through banking centers in Florida, the New York Metropolitan area and Dallas, Texas, as well as a comprehensive suite of wholesale products to commercial customers through an Atlanta office focused on the Southeast region. The Bank also offers certain commercial lending and deposit products through national platforms.

In her role as BankUnited’s Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Lunak is responsible for oversight of all accounting, financial reporting and financial planning and analysis functions; investor relations; capital, balance sheet, asset/liability, interest rate and liquidity risk management; capital markets activity; procurement and strategic sourcing; taxes; board and board committee presentations and communications, the Company’s emerging ESG strategy and enterprise data analytics.

Ms. Lunak joined BankUnited in 2010 and previously served as the Company’s executive vice president and chief accounting officer and as Senior Vice President, Finance.

Prior to joining BankUnited, she was an Audit Director at the public accounting firm McGladrey & Pullen, LLP with a focus on the financial services industry. Earlier in her career Lunak was an independent consultant, providing finance and accounting related services to clients consisting primarily of community banks and thrifts and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. She started her career at Deloitte and Touche, LLP.

Lunak serves on the board of the Urban League of Broward County, is a Florida CPA and received a B.S. in Accounting from Oklahoma State University.