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.
As KeyBank relies more heavily on automation and cloud-based services, Amy Brady knows the bank will need more engineers. But she also wants more diversity in the engineering group, which has lagged the national average of 8% for Black engineers.
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Dorothy Savarese stepped down this year as president and CEO of Cape Cod 5, the bank she led for 17 years. But as executive chair of the bank in Hyannis, Massachusetts, her schedule remains packed even if it's more compact.
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Yie-Hsin Hung, one of the few female CEOs in the asset management industry, has made it a priority to address issues of global warming and social inequality at New York Life Investment Management.
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Glenda Pedroso has spent her entire 35-year banking career in Miami. But in her new position at Northern Trust, she's doing a lot more traveling.
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Florence Pourchet has been with BNP Paribas for 30 years, and is the bank's most senior female executive in the Americas. She has been the regional head of the bank's ESG initiatives since 2011.
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After filling various roles at the Columbus, Georgia-based bank for almost 20 years, Liz Wolverton was tapped to lead the consumer bank in December 2021.
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