2009 Banker of the Year AwardsThe Banker of the Year/Best in Banking Awards honor the people and the companies who set the highest standards of progress, innovation, and performance in banking and financial services. Awards are bestowed in four categories: Banker of the Year, Community Bankers of the Year, Lifetime Achievement, and Innovator. A special editorial supplement showcasing the 2009 honorees, and including a wrap-up of the year's most important news, will be published in the December 7 edition of American Banker. View the 2008 Best in Banking Special Report. |
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American Banker has been naming Bankers of the Year each year since 1991. In 2001, it held its first awards dinner and ceremony, in New York City. This year, however, in light of the many challenges occupying the industry's time and attention, American Banker will not host a live awards event. Prior years honorees, in various categories, have included Bill Cooper, Jamie Dimon, Bob Glassman, Mary Houghton, Dick Kovacevich, Arkadi Kuhlmann, Ken Lewis, William McDonough, Peyton Patterson, Jim Rohr, Bill Seidman, Bob Wilmers, and Deborah Wright. Past keynoters have included FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair, Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, and Congressman Barney Frank. |
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2008 Awards Dinner & Ceremony
2008 Best in Banking Special Report
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