The slow-moving race to succeed Jamie Dimon on the helm of JPMorgan Chase has misplaced one other entrant.

The financial institution stated on Tuesday that Jennifer Piepszak, a longtime govt, would develop into chief working officer, and succeed Daniel Pinto, who’s planning to retire. After the announcement, Ms. Piepszak, 54, stated she had notified JPMorgan she wouldn’t search the chief govt job within the close to future.

Tuesday’s announcement amounted to an annual update to considered one of Wall Avenue’s favourite parlor video games: speculating on who would be the subsequent chief govt of the nation’s largest financial institution. Mr. Dimon, 68, has held the job for practically 20 years — a interval that has coincided with the financial institution’s progress and Mr. Dimon’s ascent into the highest echelon of public prominence amongst company public leaders.

He has continued to say he plans to stay round for years to return, and has lately begun to tease a fair longer tenure that might have him stay chairman of JPMorgan’s board even after he steps down as chief govt. That’s an association that has produced combined outcomes for different giant companies, maybe most prominently Disney, the place Robert A. Iger’s shadow energy as chairman annoyed his successor and led to his return as chief govt.

Although a gradual stream of potential successors have left JPMorgan, some to run rivals, a number of longtime financial institution executives stay within the hunt. They embody Marianne Lake, 55, who now runs JPMorgan’s shopper and group banking; Troy Rohrbaugh, 54, a co-head of the funding financial institution; and Douglas Petno, 59, a co-head of worldwide banking.

Mr. Dimon has stated he has been observing his potential successors work together with each prime shoppers and the financial institution’s rank-and file throughout enterprise journeys, amounting to a yearslong audition for his advice.

Though Mr. Dimon had described Mr. Pinto as somebody who would take over in an emergency — the “hit by a bus” state of affairs, as Mr. Dimon put it — he was not thought of a contender for the highest job. Mr. Pinto will step out of the chief working officer function in late June and retire from the financial institution in 2026, JPMorgan stated.

Analysts at Truist Securities summed up Tuesday’s announcement as a shuffling of the ranks, stating that the financial institution was “no nearer to succession solutions” for Mr. Dimon.