JPMORGAN Chase & Co chief executive officer Jamie Dimon moved a handful of his top lieutenants into new senior roles, positioning them for more experience running the firm’s operations as he prepares potential successors.

The shuffle, halfway through Dimon’s five-year retention package, places Jenn Piepszak and Troy Rohrbaugh atop an expanded commercial and investment bank, according to a statement on Thursday (Jan 25). Marianne Lake, who’s co-led the consumer and community bank alongside Piepszak since 2021, will get sole control of the segment, overseeing more of its business lines.

It is a high-stakes manoeuvre: JPMorgan just achieved the largest annual profit of any bank in United States history. But as Bloomberg reported in December, insiders have been predicting it would need to rotate bosses to give them new challenges in the search for Dimon’s eventual replacement.

“JPMorgan Chase is stronger today than it has ever been, and this is thanks to our hundreds of thousands of employees and our superb senior management team,” Dimon said.

The changes also mean that Daniel Pinto, the sole head of the corporate and investment bank since 2014, will ease his grip on the division and focus on his broader role as company president.

“We can increasingly take advantage of his extraordinary capabilities across the firm as we continue to jointly manage the company,” Dimon said. Pinto will “focus on the execution of our lines-of-business priorities”, the CEO added.

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Among other moves: Vis Raghavan will be sole head of global investment banking franchise. His former co-head, Jim Casey, will get a new role that will be announced shortly, the company said. Marc Badrichani, co-head of markets and securities services alongside Rohrbaugh, will leave.

JPMorgan also simplified some segments. The commercial bank, run by Doug Petno, will move under Piepszak and Rohrbaugh. The pair will also oversee global investment banking, corporate banking, markets, securities services and global payments. BLOOMBERG