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.
Just one woman leads risk management among the 15 largest banks. It is Mary Tuuk. And Tuuk, who reports to CEO Kevin Kabat, is bullish on the broad role risk managers play.
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At least one winner emerged from the mortgage crisis. Donna DeMaio, chief executive officer of MetLife Bank, took advantage of rock-bottom prices to buy two mortgage companies last summer.
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For Sunflower Bank, 2009 was a time for looking inward. The company operates in markets that are slow-growth even in good times, and the past year was not among banking's better times. So the company, under the leadership of Mollie Hale Carter, undertook a new initiative called Execution 2009.
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Diane D'Erasmo can't type. Her mom didn't want her to learn when she was growing up. "She felt that if somebody knew you knew how to type that they would make you sit at a typewriter and type and be a secretary," she says.
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The British government's rescue of The Royal Bank of Scotland last year has thrust Ellen Alemany, the head of its U.S. operations, into an unfamiliar role: turnaround specialist.
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Anne Arvia, who has been named to US Banker's rankings of "The 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking" four times, came to Nationwide after 15 years at ShoreBank in Chicago.
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