Sarah Flowers, a prominent regulatory attorney at U.S. Bank, will join the Bank Policy Institute (BPI) as Senior Vice President and Senior Associate General Counsel. She is set to begin her new role on April 8.
At BPI, Flowers will become a senior member of the Regulatory Affairs team. Her primary focus will be on capital and stress testing, collaborating closely with Francisco Covas, BPI’s Head of Research. Additionally, she will coordinate BPI’s Chief Financial Officers forum and address various prudential regulatory and related issues, including mergers and acquisitions. Flowers will succeed Katie Collard in this position.
"Sarah’s expertise in bank regulation, and capital and stress testing issues in particular, will bring a capable hand to the BPI team at a pivotal time for capital regulation," said Executive Vice President and General Counsel John Court. "We’re delighted to bring her on board and believe she’ll strengthen our team immensely."
During her tenure at U.S. Bank, Flowers played a significant role in leading legal engagement for the bank's prudential regulatory team. She advised senior leaders on interactions with the Federal Reserve, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), while also developing regulatory strategy. Notably, she was a key advisor during U.S. Bank’s acquisition of Union Bank. Before her time at U.S. Bank, she was an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell, focusing on capital and liquidity issues along with other bank regulatory matters.
Flowers holds law degrees from Harvard Law School and the University of Cambridge, a master’s degree in professional accounting from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma.
The Bank Policy Institute is described as a nonpartisan public policy research and advocacy group that represents major banks in the United States alongside their customers. Its members include universal banks, regional banks, and foreign banks operating within the country.