Head of Retail & Business Banking

Eric Feldstein leads Retail and Business Banking at M&T Bank, supporting local consumers and business owners across the company’s communities. 

In Retail Banking, Eric oversees a team of more than 7,000 employees across over 900 branches that serve approximately 2 million customers. In Business Banking, which includes about 800 employees, Eric collaborates with regional leaders and local business bankers throughout the Northeast U.S. to provide services and financial guidance to more than 330,000 small and mid-sized businesses.

Eric has nearly 30 years of experience in the financial and professional services industry. Prior to his current role, Eric served as M&T’s Western New York Regional President where he played a key leadership role supporting 8,000 employees across the region and advancing the bank’s commitment to its clients, colleagues and communities.

Eric is a member of the executive committee for the Buffalo Niagara Partnership and serves on the boards of both the WNY Community Foundation Business Leaders Task Force and the Westminster Foundation. He also sits on the Dean’s Council for the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo and serves as the executive sponsor for M&T’s Hispanic/Latinx Employee Group.

Before joining M&T, he held positions at Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom LLP in New York and Diamond Management Consulting in Chicago.

He holds a masters of business administration in finance and economics from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from the University at Buffalo.