More Women Made List of Top-Paid CEOs in 2023, But Numbers Still Small
More women are attaining the top job at companies in the S&P 500, but their numbers are still minuscule compared to their male counterparts.
Washington Trust to See First Female President
The Washington Trust Co. is known as the oldest community bank in the United States, but no woman has ever held the title of president and chief operating officer of the bank. Until Mary Noons takes the job this month, that is.
Essex Savings’ 18th Leader – And First Woman
Diane Arnold had a summer job in Branford as a banker teller, but after graduating from college, she began working in the insurance industry. That career was short-lived, though, after Arnold received a call from Essex Savings Bank’s Gregory Shook asking her to return to the bank and go through a management training program. She has been in banking ever since, working on commercial lending.
Essex Savings Promotes Two
Essex Savings Bank has elevated two senior staff to higher roles.
Study: Racial Diversity Stagnated on Corporate Boards
Many U.S. companies have rushed to appoint Black members to their boards of directors since racial justice protests swept the country last year.
Citi Picks Jane Fraser as Next CEO, First Woman in that Role
Citigroup announced that Jane Fraser would succeed Michael Corbat as the bank’s next chief executive, making Fraser the first woman to ever lead a Wall Street bank.
Union Savings Bank’s Merkle Named CBA’s First Woman Chair
Cynthia Merkle, president and CEO of Union Savings Bank, was elected as the first woman chair of the Connecticut Bankers Association at its annual meeting and conference.
Gender Pay Gap Still Persists in Finance, Real Estate, Groups Say
Industry groups around the country marked Equal Pay Day on Tuesday to call attention to the gap between women’s earnings and men’s earnings, particularly in the banking and real estate fields.
‘Maybe Women Don’t Want to be Commercial Bankers’
The reaction to the article “Women In Banking,” published in The Warren Group’s Banking New England magazine, was overwhelmingly positive from men and women at all levels of the corporate hierarchy.
