The Most Powerful Women in Banking
Honorees gathered at Tiffany's Landmark building in New York City, where American Banker interviewed them about the industry's trajectory and leadership lessons they've learned in their careers.
Although Selia Bair and the ABA have often been at loggerheads over regulatory reform, the distance between them was never more apparent than during her last address to the group.
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Martina Hund-Mejean, Andrea Moss, Sandie O'Connor, Suni Harford, and Kelly Williams round out the 2011 25 Most Powerful Women in Finance list.
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Despite a challenging year, Harris Financial was one of the top 4 banking teams, with impressive numbers in deposit balances and increased revenues. As icing on the cake, 34% of their executive board is made up of women.
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HSBC Bank's team, led by Irene Dorner, Diane D'Erasmo, and Mary Duke, is making great headway into international markets and the bank itself has been improving upon its commitment to put women into more leadership roles.
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Wells' is investing more into underserved communities, and innovating in the area of community lending, in line with their tradition of service work in that area. Although the number of female corporate officers they count among their ranks is thin, a new diversity policy to identify and groom high-potential candidates has been implemented.
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Open discrimination is rare now, but unconscious gender bias remains. Some banks are figuring out how to make the most of all the available talent.
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