NEW YORK (PRWEB) MAY 10, 2023
American Banker, Arizent's essential resource for senior executives in financial services, has published its inaugural list of finalists for the Innovators of the Year award.
The new program honors people who are leading innovation across banking and financial technology, setting the course for the industry's future. The inaugural list of finalists includes 20 leaders from organizations that vary in size and business concentration.
"The finalists serve as inspiration for the entire industry, showcasing what can be accomplished through an unwavering commitment to excellence and innovation," says Penny Crosman, Executive Editor, Technology at American Banker. "These individuals and teams have driven initiatives that have substantially benefited consumers, their business and the banking sector at large, while demonstrating exemplary leadership, teamwork, and personal initiative."
The finalists are:
- Immad Akhund, Founder & CEO of Mercury
- Vanessa Angeles, SVP of U.S. Bank
- Tom Brune, President of Ventures Lending Technology
- Marc Butterfield, Senior Vice President of FNBO
- Vincent Delie, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of F.N.B. Corporation
- Misha Esipov, Co-Founder & CEO of Nova Credit
- Ashish Garg, Co-Founder & CEO of Eltropy
- Kathy Grigg, Head of Decision Sciences Group at Fifth Third Bank
- David Hales, Chairman & CEO of Global Innovations Bank
- Jack Ingram, CIO of WECU
- Imran Khan, Head of Global Innovation of TD Bank Group
- Trevor Lain, Founder & CEO of LexAlign
- Caitlin Long, Founder & CEO of Custodia
- Laura Merling, Chief Transformation and Operations Officer at Arvest Bank
- Scott Nathan, Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering Detection and Customer Insights of Citigroup
- Thomas Novak, VP and Chief Digital Officer of Visions Federal Credit Union
- Matthew Maxey, Chief Innovation Officer of Synovus
- Jackie Reses, Chair and CEO of Lead Bank
- Paul Richards, Head of Mortgage Technology at Citizens Bank
- Christian Ruppe, SVP and Head of New Product Development (Emerging Solutions) and Global Treasury Management of Colony Bank
This initiative expands on the Digital Banker of the Year program that American Banker has run for the past decade. Among the 20 honorees, three top winners will be announced at an awards dinner at American Banker's DIGITAL BANKING conference, which takes place June 12-14, 2023 at The Boca Raton resort in Boca Raton, Florida.
Innovators of the Year is part of American Banker's continued coverage of innovation throughout the financial services industry while expanding on the publication's mission to support, empower and celebrate trailblazers in the banking community.
Read more about the finalists here: https://www.americanbanker.com/list/innovators-of-the-year
About American Banker
American Banker empowers banking professionals with unique analysis and insight into the ideas transforming their business and industry. Across its journalism, events, research and benchmarking, it helps drive the way forward through the complexity of business innovation, retail and commercial disruption, technology, regulation, and reform. With a banking community 850K strong, American Banker's transformative content connects leaders online, in person and in print every day.
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