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.
If we hope to achieve pay equality and see more women in leadership positions, women need to ask for what they believe they deserve, and companies must change ingrained attitudes toward those who do so.
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SmartFinancial in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., has hired a chief experience and strategy officer, ahead of its planned acquisition of Cornerstone Bancshares in Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Rita Lowman, chief operating officer at C1 Financial in St. Petersburg, Fla., has been named chairwoman-elect of the Florida Bankers Association.
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City National in Los Angeles, which is being acquired by Royal Bank of Canada, has hired three wealth advisers for its New York office.
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HomeStreet in Seattle has hired Melba Bartels as chief financial officer, filling a position that has been vacant since March 2012.
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Central Pacific Financial in Honolulu has named Catherine Ngo chief executive and also appointed a new chief financial officer.
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