John Ballantyne
John is the Chief Executive Officer at Tru Treasury, a firm focused on enabling Credit Unions to provide business members leading treasury management solutions and advisory services. As the Chief Executive, he is responsible for the development of this company from a startup to a strategic service provider in the financial services industry.
John has spent 16 years in the financial services industry leading underwriting, treasury management, and payments organizations. Prior to joining Tru Treasury, John held multiple leadership roles at SunTrust Bank, now Truist, in the Treasury and Payments business. His roles included Vice President of Digital Money Movement, First Vice President of Liquidity Product and Commercial Card Rebate, and most recently as Head of Treasury Solutions Proposal Management. Additionally, John led an $18MM bank initiative to establish sales and product governance standards across multiple operating lines of business.
Before SunTrust, John owned, managed, and successfully exited a medical payments startup that served over one hundred providers in 12 states. He has also held roles at Amazon.com, Travelers Insurance, and the Vanguard Group. Outside of the financial sector, John is a Field Grade Officer in the Army Reserves and a veteran of the War in Iraq.
John earned an MBA from Johns Hopkins University, a Bachelor of Science from Shippensburg University, and two rotary-wing aviator certifications (UH-60 and CH-47) from the US Army Flight School.
Most importantly, John is a devoted husband to his wife of 13 years and a father of three spunky children.
