Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) announced that Curtis C. Farmer, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Comerica Incorporated and Comerica Bank, has been elected to TI's board of directors, effective April 1. Mr. Farmer, 60, has more than 38 years of experience in financial services. He joined Comerica in 2008 as executive vice president of Wealth Management. He was named vice chairman of Comerica's Retail Bank and Wealth Management divisions in 2011 and president of Comerica Incorporated and Comerica Bank in 2015.

Mr. Farmer was named CEO in 2019 and assumed the role of chairman of the board in 2020. Prior to joining Comerica, Mr. Farmer was executive vice president at Wachovia Corporation. During his 23 years with Wachovia, he held a variety of positions of increasing scope and responsibility.

Mr. Farmer holds a bachelor's degree from Wake Forest University, where he also earned a master's degree in business administration.