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.
While many policymakers were still describing the housing crisis as "contained," Molly Sheehan knew better. The JPMorgan Chase executive saw the payment shock brewing as a wave of hybrid adjustable mortgages were due to reset at higher rates, and she was determined to get ahead of it.
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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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Ellen Costello, president and chief executive of Harris Bankcorp in Chicago, refuses to let the economic downturn get her or her 4,000 employees down.
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