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Dinesh Chopra Joins Ally Financial

Ally Financial Inc. [1] (Ally), a leading digital financial services company and a top 25 U.S. financial holding company, announced that Dinesh Chopra has joined the company as its new Chief Strategy Officer. In his newly-created role Chopra will lead Ally's Corporate Strategy team, fostering growth and defining the elements of Ally's future strategic plan.

Chopra joins Ally from Citigroup where he served as global head of Strategy, Retail Bank, Mortgage, and Fintech & Digital Payments responsible for leading strategic planning and improving performance for the related lines of business. While at Citigroup, he oversaw many transformation efforts, most notably developing and executing a three-year strategic plan that helped turnaround performance of the group's U.S. retail banking business. Prior to Citi, he held leadership positions in strategy and banking at Capital One and McKinsey & Company.

"I am confident Dinesh's experience and skills are a great match for Ally as we continue to grow our business and differentiate our industry-leading products and services," said Jeffrey Brown, CEO of Ally. "Adding a CSO to our leadership team will enable us to better evolve our business so that we keep a leading edge in the marketplace as we grow, while also maintaining our keen focus on innovation and a great customer experience."

"Over the last several years I have followed Ally closely and have been impressed with the firm's growth as a financial innovator," said Chopra. "In this new role I have an incredible opportunity to work with the leadership team to push Ally's diversification strategy forward and support our mission of providing digital solutions and services that enable our customers to achieve financial well-being."

Chopra holds an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management; a master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY; and a bachelor's degree from the National Institute of Technology in Trichy, India. He will be based in Charlotte.