Jason Hensley

EVP/Chief Deposit Officer City National Bank and Trust

Jason Hensley is Executive Vice President/Chief Deposit Officer and Digital Strategy Manager for City National Bank & Trust. Throughout his almost thirty-year career in banking, he has held many positions from Branch Manager to Senior Vice President/Chief Operations Officer. He is a 2018 graduate of the Graduate School of Banking-Madison and holds an Executive Leadership Certificate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He believes in giving back to his community through serving on multiple economic development and non-profit boards.

Jason has had the honor of leading multiple teams in his career from frontline sales teams to backroom operations experts. He has always kept two things in mind while leading successful teams. Always make team members feel like they are the most important people in the room and people follow leaders who do, not leaders who say. His passion for all things digital began early in his career as the industry was changing from a digital last to a digital first initiative.

As a self-proclaimed digital enthusiast Jason is known for his no nonsense digital first approach and spends his time evaluating, testing, and assessing the banks digital solutions to ensure that clients are delighted and excited while bank employees can deliver operational efficiency and collaborative excellence. Jason knows that in today’s banking environment the FIs that innovate and create are able to compete in almost any market while empowering their clients to bank where, when and how they want all through the power of digital banking.

Jason has been married to his amazing wife Julie for twenty-five years and she has been his cheerleader since day one. They have one daughter who is attending college and is an aspiring artist and game designer.