Career
He worked with Citibank from 1975, being in Panama for five years, then worked in Argentina and Chile. In the late 1980s he spent three years in London. He became chief operating officer of Citibank Consumer Bank in 1998. Citibank and Travelers merged in 1998 and he became chairman and chief executive officer of Travelers Life and Annuity. From 2000-1 he was chairman and chief executive officer of Zona Financiera, a small short-lived internet startup company. He joined Lloyds TSB in 2001 as head of retail banking. He became chief executive of Lloyds TSB in June 2003 and of Lloyds Banking Group in January 2009 after the merger with HBOS. He has built a reputation for being quietly spoken, thoughtful and not prone to superlatives - what many would describe as excellent, he would say was "pleasing". On 20 September 2010 it was announced that he would be retiring as Chief Executive of Lloyds in "a year's time".
Read more about this topic: Eric Daniels
Famous quotes containing the word career:
“They want to play at being mothers. So let them. Expressing tenderness in their own way will not prevent girls from enjoying a successful career in the future; indeed, the ability to nurture is as valuable a skill in the workplace as the ability to lead.”
—Anne Roiphe (20th century)
“I doubt that I would have taken so many leaps in my own writing or been as clear about my feminist and political commitments if I had not been anointed as early as I was. Some major form of recognition seems to have to mark a woman’s career for her to be able to go out on a limb without having her credentials questioned.”
—Ruth Behar (b. 1956)
“My ambition in life: to become successful enough to resume my career as a neurasthenic.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)