Amerant Bank Appoints Tony Eelman as Chief Product Officer
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Feb 17 2026
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Amerant Bank announced the appointment of Tony Eelman as EVP, Chief Product Officer. A senior financial services and mortgage-banking executive will now lead enterprise product strategy across the bank's financial services and program-based lending platforms. In his new role, Eelman will focus on aligning product design, leveraging on technology, and progressing go-to-market strategy to deliver differentiated, client-centric solutions across Amerant's consumer and commercial offerings.Eelman previously served as President of Amerant Mortgage, the Bank's wholly owned mortgage subsidiary.
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Analyst Views on AMTB
Wall Street analysts forecast AMTB stock price to rise
3 Analyst Rating
2 Buy
1 Hold
0 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 21.580
Low
23.00
Averages
23.67
High
25.00
Current: 21.580
Low
23.00
Averages
23.67
High
25.00
About AMTB
Amerant Bancorp Inc. is a bank holding company. The Company operates through its subsidiary, Amerant Bank, N.A. (the Bank). It provides individuals and businesses with a comprehensive array of deposit, credit, investment, wealth management, retail banking, mortgage services and fiduciary services. It offers a variety of trust and estate planning products and services catering to high-net-worth customers. Its trust and estate planning products include simple and complex trusts, private foundations and personal investment companies. It offers a full suite of online banking services, including online account opening for domestic and international customers, access to account balances, statements and other documents, Zelle for consumers and businesses, online transfers, online bill payment and electronic delivery of customer statements, as well as automated teller machines, and banking by mobile devices, telephone and mail.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
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