Keith R. Mestrich is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of Amalgamated Bank where he led the Bank from 2014 to 2021. Mestrich has over three decades of experience in finance, many of those assisting the bank’s core constituencies in labor, nonprofits, political organizations and issue-advocacy campaigns. He joined Amalgamated in 2012 and directed the bank’s Washington, D.C. operation where he rebuilt Amalgamated’s presence in the nation's capital. Mestrich was appointed CEO in 2014 and led Amalgamated’s financial recovery and the bank has grown to nearly $5 billion of assets. Under his leadership, the bank returned to profitability, improved its credit quality, installed a new management team and significantly grew its core deposit base. He spearheaded initiatives to underscore Amalgamated’s mission, including support of a $15 minimum wage (and raising the bank's minimum wage to $15), acceptance of IDNYC as a primary form of ID and certification as a B Corp. In 2017, Mestrich guided Amalgamated’s acquisition of San Francisco-based New Resource Bank, creating the nation’s largest socially responsible bank. Shortly thereafter, he led the strategy behind taking the company public, posting a nearly five percent gain following its public debut on the Nasdaq.
