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.
Many if not all of the women on our ranking would tell you that their success at work has not taken place in a vacuum. It is one piece of their lives lives that in some cases are filled with children, with aging parents needing assistance or any number of commitments that go along with being a well-rounded citizen.
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Melissa Smith, the president of Wex since last May and its CEO since the start of this year, announced in a company memo on Wednesday that she is due in September with her first child.
March 26 -
Cece Stewart, who spent three years trying to turn around Citi's U.S. retail banking operations, is retiring. In an interview, she cited account growth, productivity improvements and cross-selling of credit cards as accomplishments that offset "enormous headwinds."
March 6 -
Former Citigroup (NYSE:C) executive Deborah Doyle McWhinney is joining the board of engineering company Fluor (FLR).
February 7 -
JPMorgan Chase promoted longtime spokeswoman Kristin Lemkau to become its new chief marketing officer this week. Lemkau seeks to offset the bank's bad press, figure out a better digital-marketing strategy and improve its social-media presence after the #AskJPM Twitter debacle, she says in an interview.
January 8 -
The Senate voted 56 to 26 late Monday to confirm Janet Yellen as the next leader of the Federal Reserve Board.
January 6
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