The Most Powerful Women in Banking
Having aced the challenges she faced in 2014, Diane D'Erasmo was rewarded with a new position overseeing HSBC's business with core industries in key growth markets.
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Opus Bank in Irvine, Calif., has promoted Jennifer Simmons to chief operating officer and appointed her to the executive committee.
October 29 -
One look at the industry's C-suite makes it obvious that banks need to mirror demographic shifts far better and faster.
October 28
- Georgia
SunTrust Banks has promoted its Atlanta market leader to a new position in wholesale banking and has named its first woman executive to lead the Atlanta market.
October 23 - Minnesota
TCF Financial in Wayzata, Minn., has hired R. Patricia Kelly as its managing director of commercial banking. Kelly joins the $20 billion-asset company from Chicago Corp., where she oversaw the investment bank's financial institutions and real estate units.
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Great news: Women snagged a handful of C-level titles at big companies this week, including Ellen Alemany, Kim Hammonds and Heather Cox, and Square stands out in Silicon Valley with a leadership team that's 60% women. Bad news: the gender pay gap is growing and there are only two women among Harvard's picks for the top 100 CEOs globally. Also in the news: Blackrock's Cheryl Mills, B of A's Cathy Bessant and ICICI's Chanda Kochhar.
October 22
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