Scott A. Stengel

Biography

Scott Stengel is the Chief Legal Officer and corporate secretary for Truist Financial Corporation, a purpose-driven financial-services company. He is a member of Truist’s Operating Council and also oversees the firm’s government-affairs and Community Reinvestment Act teams. Stengel joined Truist in 2023 from Ally Financial, where he served as general counsel with responsibility for its legal affairs and corporate-secretarial and government-relations functions. Prior to that, he served as general counsel and corporate secretary for UMB Financial Corporation in Kansas City, MO. He earlier practiced law as a partner at King & Spalding LLP and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP in Washington, DC, with a focus on global banking, capital markets, and government affairs. He began his career as a law clerk for the Honorable Douglas O. Tice Jr., in Richmond, VA.

Stengel received a BA from the University of Notre Dame before earning his JD from Notre Dame Law School.