DETROIT, March 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ralph W. Babb Jr., chairman and chief executive officer, Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA) today announced David E. Duprey will join the company April 3 as executive vice president and general auditor. Duprey will join Comerica's Management Policy Committee and Management Council.

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Duprey joins Comerica from Ernst & Young, where he was a partner and worked with financial services, retail and manufacturing companies in domestic and international venues. Duprey specialized in executing strategies to assess clients' business performance, as well as in complex audit and accounting, financial reporting and SEC matters. He joined Ernst & Young in 1980.

Duprey, a CPA, holds a bachelor of science degree from Wayne State University. He serves on the boards of directors of the Michigan Association of Certified Public Accountants and The Children's Center.

Duprey succeeds Michael H. Michalak, senior vice president, who was appointed interim general auditor when Susan R. Joseph, senior vice president and general auditor, was appointed to lead Comerica's new Anti-Money Laundering, Fraud Prevention and Investigative Services Department in September 2005. Joseph had served as general auditor since March 2002.

Comerica Incorporated is a financial services company headquartered in Detroit, strategically aligned by three business segments: The Business Bank, The Retail Bank, and Wealth & Institutional Management. Comerica's approximately 10,800 employees focus on relationships, and helping people and businesses be successful. Comerica Bank locations can be found in Michigan, California, Texas, Arizona and Florida, with select businesses operating in several other states, Canada and Mexico. Munder Capital Management and Comerica Securities are investment services affiliates. Comerica reported total assets of $53.0 billion at December 31, 2005. To receive e-mail alerts of breaking Comerica news, go to http://www.comerica.com/newsalerts .

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