Brian Lamb was appointed head of Specialized Industries in JPMorgan Chase's commercial banking business in April 2025. The role followed his work leading the bank's Northeast commercial banking segment and an earlier assignment as global head of diversity, equity and inclusion. His career also includes leadership at Fifth Third Bank and service in Florida public higher education, where he chaired the Board of Governors that oversees the state university system.
Lamb grew up in Midway, Florida, near Tallahassee. He attended the University of South Florida, where he played basketball before a shoulder injury ended his plans for a professional playing career. He completed a bachelor's degree in accounting and an MBA at USF, and graduated from the Stonier Graduate Banking School at the University of Pennsylvania. While recovering from his injury, he worked as a meter reader for a Tampa utility company, where he later became director of financial services.
In 2006, Lamb joined Fifth Third Bank as a regional chief financial officer. His responsibilities expanded across several banking businesses, including wealth and asset management, retail banking and securities, and middle-market and business banking. The work preceded his move to JPMorgan in 2020.
At JPMorgan, Lamb became global head of diversity, equity and inclusion. His responsibilities included considering how the bank's products, services and employment practices affected different communities, and he worked on the firm's announced $30 billion racial equity commitment. In 2022, he returned to a commercial banking role as Northeast segment head for Middle Market Banking and Specialized Industries. The 2025 appointment placed him at the head of Specialized Industries as JPMorgan reorganized its commercial banking leadership.
He began chairing USF's Board of Trustees in 2016. Lamb was appointed to the Florida Board of Governors in 2019, then elected chairman and reelected in November 2023 for another two-year term; the board's member record lists a term ending in January 2026. He also established a scholarship fund at USF for first-generation minority and female students. In 2023, the Horatio Alger Association selected him for its annual award, recognizing his career and work supporting access to higher education.
