Capital One Shuffles ESG Role After Ditching Overdraft Fees

Capital One Financial Corp.‘s general counsel, Matthew Cooper, has two additional roles—corporate secretary and head of environmental, social, and governance—as he expands his portfolio four years after taking the top legal job.

He began both new duties March 1, said Sie Soheili, a spokesman for the McLean, Va.-based bank holding company.

Cooper, a former litigator at McGuireWoods and Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, joined Capital One in 2009 after working in-house at General Electric Co. and a former insurance subsidiary now known as Genworth Financial Inc.

Capital One was the largest U.S. bank to ditch overdraft and insufficient funds fees ...