Thomas P. Noonan
Advisory Board Member

Thomas P. Noonan recently retired as President and Chief Executive Officer from BAC Florida Bank, based in Coral Gables. He joined the BAC Group in 1995 as a member of the board and in 1998 was named President and CEO.

Prior to his career with BAC, Mr. Noonan was President and CEO of SurFin Ltd., the captive finance company for DirecTV in Latin America.

Mr. Noonan's background is quite interesting. In the course of the 24 years he spent with Citibank he worked in Brazil for five years, the Philippines for four years, and five years in France. He held senior positions in corporate banking and corporate finance while in Brazil and the Philippines. While in Paris he was President and General Manager for Citibank's businesses in France and Monaco from 1978 to 1983. Mr. Noonan was Citibank's Senior Executive in Florida from 1983 to 1986, where Citibank had its offices based in Miami. As Division Executive for Citibank's World Corporation Group in Latin America from 1986 to 1991, he was based in New York. Additionally, Mr. Noonan is past President of the Florida International Bankers Association.

Mr. Noonan holds a B.A. from Yale University and completed The Advanced Management Program at the University of Hawaii while at Citibank. He has also completed six Harvard Business School corporate finance programs while at Citicorp's Institute of Finance including Options Strategies, International Mergers and Acquisitions, Foreign Exchange Risk Management, and Portfolio Management. He spent one year at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) in Brazil as well.

Mr. Noonan is married with three children, and is fluent in French, Portuguese, and Spanish.