Huntington Names Plum Director of Consumer Lending

Huntington Bank, Columbus, Ohio, has hired James J. Plum as senior vice president and director of consumer lending. For the past five years, Mr. Plum has led home lending programs for Citizens Financial Group, most recently serving as president of Home Lending Solutions for RBS Citizens. He has worked as a banking executive in Cincinnati since 1990 and has worked in residential lending since 1996. In addition to his most recent role for RBS Citizens, he has served as executive vice president for both Home Lending Solutions and National Home Equity for Citizens Financial Group. He has also held leadership roles with Provident Financial and Bank One. Mr. Plum is a member of the National Secondary Markets Advisory Board for Fannie Mae and also serves on the Lender Advisory Council for LendingTree.com.