Thomas Hung

Thomas Hung is senior executive vice president and chief credit officer for First Horizon Corporation. He oversees the bank’s credit risk function by determining strategic direction and establishing policies and procedures for the bank’s lending activities to the commercial and consumer sectors.

Hung joined First Horizon in 2019 and has over two decades of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to being named chief credit officer, he led First Horizon’s franchise finance division. Before joining First Horizon, Hung served as managing director and head of sponsor and chain restaurants at Citizens Bank, where he built out a national chain restaurant lending platform for financing and syndicating sponsor-backed restaurant loans. Previously, he was with GE Capital in various capacities across originations, capital markets, underwriting and portfolio management, culminating his tenure as senior vice president and head of chain restaurants. Hung’s earlier experience includes working as an investment banker with JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank, specializing in mergers and acquisitions as well as equity private placements.

Hung holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Brigham Young University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University.