Matt Elliott
Michigan Market President
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Matthew B. Elliott serves in a dual role as Michigan State President and as the Midwest Region Business Banking Executive at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In his role as state president, Matt serves as the company’s enterprise leader in Michigan, working with company leaders across the state to help deliver Bank of America’s full range of global financial services. He also leads the Bank’s corporate social responsibility activities, including philanthropic giving, community development lending and investing, environmental initiatives, diversity efforts, arts and culture projects, and employee volunteerism.
As a Business Banking Executive for Business Banking, Matt oversees five teams of professionals who leverage the product breadth, industry expertise, and global presence of the bank to deliver integrated financial solutions to companies and institutions across eight states. Matt has more than 20 years of commercial lending, capital markets and corporate finance experience.
Matt joined the bank from Project: WorldWide, where he was Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance, leading the organization’s corporate strategy, corporate development and treasury functions. Prior to that, Matt was a Managing Director in loan syndications at LaSalle Bank, where he was responsible for structuring and syndicating middle market, asset-based, leveraged and investment grade loans for a broad cross section of domestic and international clients.
Matt graduated with high honors from Michigan State University and earned his MBA with honors from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. He is a FINRA Registered Representative and holds Series 7, 63, 79 and 24 securities licenses. Matt is also a member of the board of directors of the Detroit Zoological Society, Business Leaders for Michigan, the Detroit Regional Chamber and the Detroit Economic Club.