Committee Members

James Sias serves as Senior Vice President – Head of Mortgage Revenue. He oversees the all-mortgage sales channels and revenue related activities. Before joining Fifth Third in January 2021, James spent 11 years in roles of increasing responsibility at Huntington Bancshares, most recently as executive vice president of home & consumer lending. In that position, he was responsible for the origination functions of mortgage & home equity business. James joined Huntington in 2012 as VP of Third-Party Lending after spending 2 years at Citizens Bank, where he worked as VP in Secondary Marketing. Prior to that, James was Senior Managing Director & Partner at Novellus Capital Management. James began his career at Provident Bank in Cincinnati, where he held various Operations & Sales Leadership roles before he left to join US Bank Consumer Finance as VP of Correspondent Lending & Secondary Marketing roles. Originally from Lansing, Michigan and a still a huge Michigan Wolverines fan, he now resides in Cincinnati, OH with his wife Amy and 4 kids. Education: James earned his bachelor’s degree from Northern Kentucky University. He is also a graduate of the Consumer Bankers Association’s, “Graduate School of Retail Bank Management”