SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- David K. Skolnik has been named executive vice president and regional managing director of Comerica Bank's Wealth & Institutional Management division for the bank's Western market.

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Skolnik manages Comerica's Wealth & Institutional Management division for California and Arizona. He is based at the bank's San Jose office.

Skolnik has 19 years of industry experience and joined Comerica in 2004 from Nationwide Financial Services in New York City where he served as regional vice president. Prior to that, he was executive vice president and director of sales and Marketing for the Private Client Services Division of Wells Fargo in San Francisco.

Comerica's Wealth & Institutional Management division serves the needs of affluent clients and includes Private Banking, Investment Management and Trust, Comerica Securities, Comerica Insurance, Institutional Trust and Retirement Services, Munder Capital Management and Wilson Kemp.

About Comerica Bank

The Western Division of Comerica Bank includes 51 branch offices in key California markets, including San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, Fresno, Sacramento, Santa Cruz/Monterey, and Walnut Creek, with a regional office in Phoenix, Ariz. In the second quarter of 2005, the bank's Western market generated 37 percent of the net income for Comerica Incorporated, on $13.6 billion in assets at June 30, 2005.

Comerica Bank is a subsidiary of Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA), a financial services company headquartered in Detroit, strategically aligned into the Business Bank, Small Business & Personal Financial Services, and Wealth & Institutional Management. Comerica focuses on relationships, and helping businesses and people be successful. Comerica Incorporated reported total assets of $54.7 billion at June 30, 2005.

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SOURCE: Comerica Bank

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