09/25/2018

Citizens Bank’s LaMonica Named a Chief Human Resources Officer of the Year at Third Annual Stevie® Awards for Great Employers

PROVIDENCE, RI – Susan LaMonica, chief human resources officer of Citizens Bank, was honored with a Gold award in the Chief Human Resources Officer of the Year category at the third annual Stevie® Awards for Great Employers.   

The Stevie® Awards for Great Employers are an international business awards competition open to all organizations worldwide. The awards recognize the world's best companies to work for, and the HR teams, professionals, achievements, new products, and suppliers that help to create and drive great places to work. The Stevie® Awards have been hailed as the world’s premier business awards. 

The award was announced at a dinner event in New York on Friday, Sept. 21.  

“My goal as chief human resources officer is to create an inclusive environment that leverages the capabilities and ideas of our colleagues in order to deliver a consistently outstanding customer experience,” said LaMonica. “This award reflects the great efforts of the strong team we have here at Citizens.”  

More than 550 nominations from organizations in 21 nations were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of HR-related categories. More than 50 professionals worldwide participated in the judging process to select this year’s Stevie Award winners. The judges scored human resource professionals based on creativity and the effectiveness of their company’s programs to create a great workplace environment. 

“The judges were very impressed with the quality of entries we received in the third annual Stevie Award for Great Employers. The dedication these Stevie-winning organizations have to providing great workplaces for employees was evident in each nomination,” said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards.

Details about the Stevie Awards for Great Employers and the list of 2018 Stevie winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/HR.    

About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest financial institutions, with $155.4 billion in assets as of June 30, 2018. 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. Citizens helps its customers reach their potential by listening to them and by understanding their needs in order to offer tailored advice, ideas and solutions. In Consumer Banking, Citizens provides an integrated experience that includes mobile and online banking, a 24/7 customer contact center and the convenience of approximately 3,300 ATMs and approximately 1,150 branches in 11 states in the New England, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest regions. Consumer Banking products and services include a full range of banking, lending, savings, wealth management and small business offerings. 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 rate products, and asset finance. More information is available at www.citizensbank.com or visit us on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook. 

About the Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in seven programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 10,000 nominations each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.