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.
Dorothy Bridges is as prepared for downturns as they come. But the head of the Washington, D.C.-based community development lender City First Bank, and one of a few black women to run a U.S. bank, faces a difficult test.
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Earlier this year, as many bankers moved cautiously through chaos, Bank of America's Cathy Bessant forged ahead, focused on making a deal. The result: A joint venture agreement with First Data.
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The recession has not made president Nancy Wolcott's life easy. The group's enterprise investor services business ranks as the No. 1 sub-accounting provider in the U.S. and No. 2 full-service mutual fund transfer agent in the U.S.
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Diana Starcher says tackling the task of combining Wells Fargo & Co.'s customer service channel with Wachovia's is a lot like learning to downhill ski. "You're trained when you first begin skiing not to look down to the bottom of the mountain."
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Recessions have been surprisingly good to Beth Mooney, and she's doing all she can to make sure this one works out well, too. Mooney got into banking in the mid-1970s downturn, scoring the only job she could find out of college: as a secretary at a Texas bank.
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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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