11/15/2016
Citizens Bank President Dan Fitzpatrick named ‘Emerging Icon’ in Philadelphia Inquirer’s Industry Icon awards
Honor to be bestowed at award ceremony November 16
PHILADELPHIA - Citizens Bank announced today that President Daniel K. Fitzpatrick will receive the first Industry Icon award in Finance from the Philadelphia Inquirer on Wednesday, November 16. The award honors individuals who have made unparalleled contributions to economic excellence in our region. Fitzpatrick was selected for the inaugural award based on his business acumen and contributions to the community. He joins a prestigious group of business leaders including John Bogle of The Vanguard Group, Joanne Epps of Temple University, Joseph Neubauer of Aramark, Brian Roberts of Comcast Corp. and Ed Snider (posthumously) who will all receive Business Hall of Fame awards.
“Our judges were unanimous in their selection of Dan from among our reader nominations in the finance category. His record of community involvement made him an easy and deserving choice as one of our first-ever ‘Emerging Icons,’ ” said Amy Buckman, manager of public relations and special events, Philadelphia Media Network.
Fitzpatrick is a prominent commercial banking executive with more than 25 years of experience. As president of Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, and head of national mid-corporate and industry verticals, he is well-known for being active in the business and philanthropic communities. In addition, he serves on the Citizens’ Executive Leadership Group.
A native of Philadelphia, Fitzpatrick is a former chairman of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and serves on its executive committee and its CEO Council for Growth. As chairman of the CEO Council’s Human Capital Working Group, Fitzpatrick has focused on the development of programs and initiatives aimed at workforce development in order to facilitate economic growth and employment opportunity. He is also a member of the board of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and a member of the Heinz History Museum Board in Pittsburgh.
“I am grateful to be selected for this inaugural Industry Icon award,” Fitzpatrick said. “I am honored to join such an elite group of business leaders with distinguished professional achievements in their industries who have also made significant civic contributions to making Philadelphia the great city that we all love.”
The Hall of Fame and Industry Icon awards will be presented by Philadelphia Media Network’s Publisher and CEO Terrance C.Z. Egger, Executive Editor of Philadelphia Media Network Stan Wischnowski and Editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer Bill Marimow on Nov. 16. The winners were selected by an independent judging panel comprised of experts in each field.
Active in the community, Fitzpatrick is a member of the board of trustees of La Salle University, the Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition and a member of the executive committee of the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau. He is a member of the board of directors of the Wistar Institute and on the advisory board of Drexel University’s College of Engineering. He was appointed by Mayor Michael Nutter to the Philadelphia Works Board of Directors and appointed the presiding chairperson of the Philadelphia Council for College and Career Success Sub-Committee.
As a result of Fitzpatrick’s community efforts, Citizens Bank and Fitzpatrick individually have received numerous community awards, including the Police Athletic League Award, the Philadelphia Academies Inc. Stand and Deliver Award, the Atlas award and the YMCA of Philadelphia and Vicinity’s John Wanamaker Corporate award.
About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest financial institutions, with $147 billion in assets as of September 30, 2016. Headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island, Citizens offers a broad range of retail and commercial banking products and services to individuals, small businesses, middle-market companies, large corporations and institutions. In Consumer Banking, Citizens helps its retail customers “bank better” with mobile and online banking, a 24/7 customer contact center and the convenience of approximately 3,200 ATMs and approximately 1,200 Citizens Bank branches in 11 states in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Citizens also provides wealth management, mortgage lending, auto lending, student lending and commercial banking services in select markets nationwide. In Commercial Banking, Citizens offers corporate, institutional and not-for-profit clients a full range of wholesale banking products and services including lending and deposits, capital markets, treasury services, foreign exchange and interest hedging, leasing and asset finance, specialty finance and trade finance.
Citizens operates through its subsidiaries Citizens Bank, N.A., and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania as Citizens Bank, Citizens Commercial Banking and Citizens One. Additional information about Citizens and its full line of products and services can be found at www.citizensbank.com
