Financial Services Forum CEO to succeed retiring Frank Keating; board chair notes right fit for ‘visionary, strategic leader' Nichols The head of one of the most active advocacy organizations in the financial services sector has been named the next CEO of the American Bankers Association. ABA announced May 27 that its board had chosen Rob Nichols to be the organization's president and CEO. He succeeds former Kansas Gov. Frank Keating, who is retiring. Nichols joins the $91 million-revenue ABA from the Financial Services Forum, a $6 million-revenue group he has led as president and CEO since 2005. FSF is a financial and economic policy organization comprised of the… Read More