Key Executives is pleased to announce The Top 25 Executives of Vancouver for 2023. Vancouver, British Columbia is one of the world’s most livable cities, with a flourishing economy and a celebrated quality of life. Canada’s fastest-growing economy, Vancouver’s GDP was CA$137 billion in 2017 according to the Conference Board of Canada…
Sergio Ermotti is the Batman of Swiss bankers. At least, this is what UBS hopes – as it has recently brought Ermotti back as CEO and president to manage the monumental task of absorbing Switzerland’s other banking titan, Credit Suisse. The $3.2 billion deal was arranged hurriedly as Credit Suisse teetered on the brink of financial collapse…
An aerospace engineer by training, Neel Tushar Kashkari is the current president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, one of 12 regional reserve banks in the U.S. In Kashkari’s role with the Federal Reserve, which he has held since 2016, he helps craft national monetary policy…
Katharina Poehlmann is the Vice President and Head of Strategy at A.P. Moller—Maersk. Also known simply as Maersk, the shipping giant employs roughly 93,000 employees across operations in 130 countries. Maersk provides ocean and inland freight transportation in addition to associated services, such as supply chain management and port operation…
At the helm of a third-generation financial institution with over $49 billion in assets, Frank Holding Jr. leads one of the largest family-controlled banks in the nation. He currently serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the North Carolina-based First Citizens Bank and parent company First Citizens BankShares…
Key Executives is pleased to announce The Top 25 Executives of Montreal for 2023. Montreal is one of Canada’s oldest cities, with its first European settlement by French explorers in 1642. As a result, it’s the largest French-speaking city in Canada and North America…
Claudine Adamo is the Executive Vice President and COO of Merchandising at Costco, the American multinational corporation that operates a chain of membership-only big-box retail stores. After opening its first retail outlet in 1983, Costco has grown into the fifth-largest retailer in the world…
Global cloud contact center Talkdesk has something to talk about now that it has landed William Welch as its new President and Chief Operating Officer. In these roles, Welch will work closely with Talkdesk Founder and CEO Tiago Paiva to accelerate the company’s global footprint…
Seattle-based coffee chain Starbucks has a new leader and his name is Laxman Narasimhan. Raised in Pune, India, Narasimhan has spent the past few decades building his career while traveling around the globe. After completing a mechanical engineering degree in India, he moved to the U.S. in the early 1990s to study at the University of Pennsylvania…
Throughout her distinguished career, Lauren Bright has exemplified how one can use a legal education to positively impact society. Most recently, Bright was named the Chief Legal Officer for The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is the world’s second largest charitable foundation. An in-house talent, Bright has been a part of the organization since 2005…
