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Women bankers who want a family and a fulfilling career should focus on building a strong support system outside of work, or else opportunities will pass them by, according to panel of senior women executives at HSBC.
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Ally Financial in Detroit announced its second big management change in less than two months.
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Veteran retail banking executive Deanna Oppenheimer has joined the mobile identity-authentication vendor Finsphere as a strategic adviser.
February 18
Morgan Stanley Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat is leaving the bank for a post at Google, the technology giant announced Tuesday.
Porat will join Google on May 26 and will report to the company's chief executive and co-founder, Larry Page,
Patrick Pichette, Google's current chief financial officer, announced March 10 that he would be retiring.
"We're tremendously fortunate to have found such a creative, experienced and operationally strong executive," Page said in the news release announcing Porat's addition. "I look forward to learning from Ruth as we continue to innovate in our core from search and ads, to Android, Chrome and YouTube--as well as invest in a thoughtful, disciplined way in our next generation of big bets."
Porat is widely considered one of the most powerful women on Wall Street; last year
No stranger to the Silicon Valley crowd, Porat also worked as lead banker on several financing rounds for technology companies, including Amazon, eBay, Netscape and Priceline.