10/17/2022
Citizens Hires Rebecca O’Connell as NYC Metro Market Executive
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Citizens today announced the appointment of Rebecca O’Connell as its New York City Metro Market Executive. In this capacity, she will represent Citizens throughout the region as the bank partners with customers, businesses, and communities to help them reach their potential and achieve enduring success.
O’Connell has more than 25 years of experience as a banking executive and senior management consultant. She joins Citizens from JPMorgan where she built a track record of success helping middle market and mid-corporate clients exceed growth and customer experience goals. She previously held roles of increasing responsibility with Bank of America and McKinsey & Co. In addition to representing Citizens in an official capacity in the NYC Metro region, she will oversee a portfolio of middle market and mid-corporate clients, acting as a strategic and financial partner.
“New York City is a very important growth market for Citizens and I am pleased to have Rebecca join our leadership team here,” said Steve Woods, Head of Corporate Banking, Citizens. “It is an exciting time to be at Citizens as we continue to grow nationally and expand the suite of solutions we can offer our customers.”
Citizens recently expanded its NYC Metro customer base by acquiring HSBC’s East Coast branches and New Jersey-based Investors Bank.
O’Connell graduated from State University of New York at Cortland and earned an MBA from Long Island University. She is a board member of the Long Island Association and the Moxxie Mentoring Foundation, which supports and fosters the career advancement and leadership development of young women through generational mentoring.
Citizens is a trusted strategic and financial partner, consistently delivering clear and objective advice. The Citizens approach puts clients first by offering great ideas combined with thorough market knowledge and excellent execution to help our clients enhance their business and reach their potential.
The bank has a longstanding commitment to fostering neighborhood revitalization, small business support and economic development. Since entering the NYC Metro market in February with retail branches, Citizens has hosted several community programs across the city supporting open streets and night markets and providing grants and support for small businesses and workforce development. This year, Citizens has partnered with a number of NYC organizations including LISC, Ukrainian Women’s League, Think!Chinatown, Rockaway Development & Revitalization Corporation, the Ocean Bay Community Development Corporation, and Pursuit.
For more information, please go to the Citizens website.
About Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest financial institutions, with $226.7 billion in assets as of June 30, 2022. 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 full-service customer contact center and the convenience of approximately 3,300 ATMs and more than 1,200 branches in 14 states and the District of Columbia. Consumer Banking products and services include a full range of banking, lending, savings, wealth management and small business offerings. In Commercial Banking, Citizens offers a broad complement of financial products and solutions, including lending and leasing, deposit and treasury management services, foreign exchange, interest rate and commodity risk management solutions, as well as loan syndication, corporate finance, merger and acquisition, and debt and equity capital markets capabilities. More information is available at www.citizensbank.com or visit us on Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook.
