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.
Wells Fargo has seven women on its 16-member board, a 44% ratio that is twice that of the average top 25 bank. It got there, in large part, by looking beyond C-suites for qualified directors.
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In the eight years that Leslie Godridge has led the National Corporate and Institutional Banking unit at U.S. Bancorp, she has broadened its scope from regional to national and grown its loan portfolio significantly.
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Karen Larrimer is making sure all PNC employees even those in the back office understand how their jobs connect to the customer.
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Patti Husic who runs a community bank where 75% of the executive team is female has emerged as a leading advocate in her home state of Pennsylvania of getting more women into banking's executive ranks.
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Andrea Smith handled so many disparate assignments as global head of human resources at Bank of America that CEO Brian Moynihan finally had to create an entirely new job title for her: chief administrative officer.
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The No. 2 executive at RBC is leading its integration of Los Angeles-based City National Bank.
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