City National Bank of Florida Expands Executive Team with Michael MacIntyre and Christian Sundblad

March 31, 2025

CNB’s newest executives will help spearhead the bank’s statewide strategy, driving growth in key business lines and geographic markets across Florida

MIAMI, FL — April 4th,  2025 — City National Bank of Florida (CNB), Florida’s second-largest
bank, is sustaining its trajectory of strategic growth in key business lines with the addition of two new
executives: Michael MacIntyre, Chief Banking Officer, and Christian Sundblad, Chief Wholesale &
International Banking Executive. Their arrival will help fuel the bank’s continued growth across the
state, with CNB planning to expand its workforce by 20 percent over the next two years.
MacIntyre will oversee Real Estate Banking, Commercial Banking, Community Association Banking,
and Business & Personal Banking. Sundblad will be responsible for Corporate Banking, Specialty
Finance, International Private Banking, and Capital Markets.


“We’re thrilled to welcome Michael and Christian to CNB as we continue down the path of strategic
growth in the markets and sectors that are fueling Florida,” said Jorge Gonzalez, Vice Chairman and
CEO of City National Bank of Florida “CNB is investing heavily in talent and technology with the goal
of solidifying our competitive edge in our state, and the shared experience of Michael and Christian
will help spearhead that expansion while reinforcing our focus on helping our clients and communities
say yes to possibility.”


Michael MacIntyre, Chief Banking Officer, has held multiple leadership roles at banking institutions of
all sizes, including ABN/AMRO, HSBC Bank, Citizens, and most recently, RBC/City National Bank
(California), where he led their expansion into new markets on the East Coast. His experience
includes managing strategy, product development and execution across the U.S. He brings global
experience leading domestic and international business segments in wealth and private banking,
retail banking, commercial real estate, and corporate banking. MacIntyre currently serves as the
Chairman of the Audit Committee for Saint Francis College with the Diocese of Brooklyn. MacIntyre
earned a bachelor’s degree from Saint Francis College in Brooklyn, NY and an MBA from UNC
Chapel Hill, Kenan Flagler Business School. He is also a graduate of the Consumer Bankers
Association Graduate School of Retail Bank Management at the University of Virginia.


Christian Sundblad, Chief Wholesale & International Banking Executive, has led an extensive career
in banking, with experience managing corporate, investment, and international banking teams at
Banco Santander, Banco de Chile, and Citibank, where he served most recently as Commercial Bank
Global Product Head in New York. Christian brings experience managing multinational corporate
client relationships and delivering growth through multidisciplinary business initiatives. Throughout his
career, his experience leading commercial and corporate banking teams has been centered on being
client relationships, structuring solutions tailored to local markets, and ensuring banking strategies are
aligned with economic cycles. Sundblad earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from
Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina and an Executive MBA from IAE Business School.

With $26 billion in assets, CNB is the second-largest bank based in Florida and ranks among the 75
largest banks in the U.S., according to the Federal Reserve. The bank’s investments in talent
recruitment and development over the coming years will help drive the continued growth of core
business lines such as Commercial ad Corporate Banking, International Banking, Private Banking,
Small Business Lending, Commercial Real Estate, and Capital Markets – with an emphasis on
growing markets such as South Florida, Tampa Bay, Orlando, and the Treasure Coast.

About City National Bank of Florida


City National Bank of Florida (CNB) is the financial institution to which Floridians have turned for more
than 75 years. Based in Miami, CNB has a presence across South and Central Florida with 1,000
employees statewide. With more than $26 billion in assets, CNB is one of the state’s largest financial
institutions and one of the nation’s fastest-growing banks. CNB is a subsidiary of Chilean bank Banco
de Credito e Inversiones (Bci) and remains a community-centric bank guided by local decision-
making, with services including commercial banking, real estate lending, private banking, wealth
management, international banking, treasury management, corporate services, commercial real
estate, residential mortgages, and a capital markets group which offers loan syndication, specialty
finance and capital placement. CNB is rated 5 stars by BauerFinancial and has earned an
“Outstanding” Community Reinvestment Act rating for its lending in underserved communities for
more than 24 consecutive years. The bank has been certified a Great Place to Work® and has
repeatedly been recognized as one of the nation’s “Best Banks to Work For” by American Banker
magazine.

The content in this article should not be taken as advice coming from City National Bank of Florida. City National Bank of Florida does not offer tax, legal or accounting advice.

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