Polly Klane is the Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel of Citizens Financial Group. She joined Citizens in this role in April of 2022 and serves on the Executive Committee. She is responsible for leading the Legal Department, which includes corporate governance, litigation, client advisory services, regulatory relations and government relations.
Klane has over 25 years of experience in the legal profession. She has managed legal teams responsible for areas including corporate transactions, corporate governance, securities, commercial banking, capital markets, intellectual property, treasury, cybersecurity, technology, and data privacy.
Klane joined Citizens from Capital One, where she served for six years as Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel of governance, commercial bank and enterprise services. She previously spent time in private practice and served as Deputy General Counsel at Fannie Mae during the global financial crisis of the late 2000s. She also took five years off to live with her husband and two young children in South Korea. She is a graduate of Duke University and Harvard Law School.
