Canada’s First Female Bank CEO Leads With Young Self in Mind
- Llewellyn sees ESG setting Laurentian apart from larger rivals
- CEO is ‘building the bank that I’ve always wanted to work for’
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In her 17 months as Laurentian Bank of Canada’s chief executive officer, Rania Llewellyn has seen about a third of the company’s 3,000-person workforce turn over.
She sees that upheaval not as a problem but a chance to rebuild the long-troubled bank anew. If she pulls off a turnaround at Laurentian -- a minnow in an industry dominated by a six-firm oligopoly -- that would mark just the latest noteworthy turn in a career that has defied much of the traditional Canadian banking blueprint.