Evercore Appoints First Female CFO as Bank Elevates New Leaders
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Evercore Inc. appointed
Celeste Mellet Brown as the investment bank’s new chief financial officer, the latest female ascent to a top post in an industry where men still dominate the upper ranks.
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Fannie Mae, will take over on Sept. 1 with Bob Walsh planning to retire after 14 years, Evercore said in a statement. Her appointment the bank’s first female CFO follows the promotion of three senior managing directors late last year to be co-heads of U.S. advisory, as the firm founded by
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Seems to me that when you stop learning, you effectively stop living. It’s more than breathing and keeping your heart beating; learning should be a lifelong pursuit. Just about every day I’ve learned something new, and I don’t plan to quit doing so anytime soon. It might not always be an “aha” moment, but it’s fun being say, “I didn’t know that!”
One of my most recent insights involves a long-standing Christian tradition. If someone were to ask you, “What was Jesus’ profession?”, how would you answer? Most likely you’d respond, “Everyone knows He was a carpenter.” Oh, yeah? As sports commentator Lee Corso liked to say, “Not so fast, my friend.”
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