Tarun Mehta

Head of Strategy, Transformation, and Performance

Tarun Mehta is the head of Strategy, Transformation, and Performance at Truist Financial Corporation, a purpose-driven financial services organization committed to inspiring and building better lives and communities. In this role, Mehta is responsible for the design, execution, and ongoing refinement of Truist’s enterprise strategy. Additionally, he is responsible for Corporate Development and Truist Ventures. Mehta was named to his current position in August 2024, and he is a member of Truist's Operating Council. 

Previously, Mehta spent nine years as the group head of financial institutions investment banking at Truist Securities. Prior to Truist, he was a managing director at Deutsche Bank and an executive director at JP Morgan’s Financial Institutions Investment Banking Group.  

Tarun’s and his wife Nadine’s personal purpose in life is achieved through "Gift of Water," a personal charity they started in 2010 to provide safe drinking water to poor rural villages in India. 

Tarun earned his master’s degree from Columbia University, New York. He is also a chartered accountant.