Ana Casanueva

Ana is the Senior Vice President, Director of Legal at Byline Bank.

Ana joined the Bank in December 2013 and has held different positions since then, including Associate General Counsel. Ana is also the Corporate Secretary for Byline Bank and its holding company, Byline Bancorp, Inc. Prior to moving to Chicago to work for Byline Bank, Ana worked in Mexico City as the Head of Legal for Controladora GEK, S.A.P.I. de C.V. since 2010, and as in-house counsel for Grupo Financiero Ve por Mas since 2009, affiliate companies of the Mexican and transnational business group, Grupo Kaluz. Before working for Grupo Kaluz, Ana worked at Gardere Arena y Asociados, S.C. at its Mexico City, Dallas and Houston offices.

Ana is a member of the Board of PODER & Oprima-1 LLC, and member of the Leadership Council of Rise Up. She holds a J.D. from the Universidad Iberoamericana, a J.D. from DePaul School of Law, and an LL.M. from Columbia Law School. Ana is certified to practice law in Mexico, a member of the District of Colombia Bar, and has a limited license to practice law as in-house counsel in Illinois.