Raina Llewellyn
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Rania Llewellyn is a Kuwaiti born, Canadian banking executive and the CEO of Laurentian Bank. She was the first woman to head a major Canadian chartered bank. She was educated at Saint Mary’s University and The American University in Cairo and had a 26 year career with Scotiabank before her appointment to Laurentian Bank in October 2020.[1]
Early Life and Education
Llewellyn was born in Kuwait to an Egyptian father and Jordanian mother.[2] She grew up in Kuwait and Egypt and immigrated to Canada in 1992 after the Gulf War.[3]
Before immigrating to Canada, she studied for two years at The American University in Cairo (1990-1992).[4] She then attended Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from 1992 to 1996, graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce at the age of 18.[5] She then went on to obtain her MBA in Marketing and International Business.[6] In 2014 Llewellyn was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Commerce from Saint Mary’s University.[7]
Career
Llewellyn had a 26 year career at Scotiabank, beginning as a part-time teller.[3][8] She served in a series of roles including Vice President for Multicultural Banking; President & CEO of Roynat Capital; Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking and Growth Strategy; Senior Vice President, Products and Services, Global Transaction Banking and Executive Vice President, Global Business Payments.[9] In 2019 she was awarded the Women in Payments Award for Thought Leader from the Women in Payments Association for her outstanding work in modernizing the Canadian payments industry.[10]
While working for Scotiabank, she championed the creation of The Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC) to help tackle the problem of immigrant underemployment.[3]
In October 2020, Laurentian Bank announced that she would replace acting CEO Stephane Therrien who had been serving as president and chief executive since Francois Desjardins retired in June 2020.[11] Llewellyn became the first woman to head a major Canadian chartered bank.[12][13]
References
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- ^ Montréal, Cercle canadien de. "Biography - Rania Llewellyn". Cercle canadien de Montréal. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ a b c White, Shelley. "A Fresh Start: How Rania Llewellyn is helping Canadian immigrants kick-start their career – Women of Influence". Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ "A Fresh Start: How Rania Llewellyn is helping Canadian immigrants kick-start their career – Women of Influence". Archived from the original on October 26, 2020.
- ^ "Laurentian Bank's Rania Llewellyn has a message for all the doubters – Underestimate me. That'll be fun". Retrieved 2021-05-15.
- ^ Editor (October 21, 2020). "Rania Llewellyn Age, Wiki, Husband, Laurentian Bank CEO, Salary, Net Worth, Biography, Children, Family, Religion". Primal Information. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Saint Mary's University | Honorary Degrees". smu.ca. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ "Laurentian Bank names Rania Llewellyn CEO, first woman to hold top job". CBC News.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Laurentian Bank appoints Rania Llewellyn as CEO Becomes first woman to lead a major Canadian bank". Financial Post. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ Payments, Women in. "Women in Payments Announces 2019 Award Winners". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
- ^ "Press Room". Laurentian Bank Financial Group. Archived from the original on October 22, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ "Laurentian Bank names former Scotiabank executive Rania Llewellyn as next CEO". The Hamilton Spectator. October 20, 2020. ISSN 1189-9417. Archived from the original on October 27, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
- ^ Larocque, Sylvain. "Une Torontoise qui ne parle pas français dirigera la Laurentienne". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 2021-05-15.
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