Kristina E. Janssens

Kristina Janssens is Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer at Comerica Bank. She is a member of Comerica’s Management Executive Committee.

She is responsible for overseeing risk across the enterprise, including governance of all risk management operations across the organization; integration of risk principles into strategic planning; leading the second line risk management function; and identification of emerging risks related to regulation, product, services, customer types and channels.

Janssens was promoted to her current role in September 2025 after serving as Chief Compliance Officer. She joined Comerica in September 2023 and helped drive the development of the bank’s Compliance organization and the growth of its Compliance program. Before arriving at Comerica, Janssens spent nearly a decade with Flagstar Bank, serving in a variety of key leadership roles, most notably as Executive Vice President, Chief Compliance & Privacy Officer. Prior to joining Flagstar, she was in legal private practice, specializing in providing banks and financial institutions guidance on regulatory compliance matters.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing from Michigan State University and a Juris Doctor from Wayne State University in Detroit.