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.
It would seem almost impossible for Terri Dial to look bad as CEO of Citigroup's North American banking operations. If she manages to turn around the business, Dial will be a hero. And if she doesn't, who would blame her, given that Citigroup must offload $600 billion in so-called "noncore" assets, many of which are troubled?
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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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Anne Finucane, BofA's global chief strategy and marketing officer, has an outsized role at the company. Whether its brand positioning, marketing, or communications across all lines of business, Finucane is the go-to voice of the banking giant.
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