Laurentian Bank has named Rania Llewellyn to be its next CEO, a move that the bank says makes her the first woman to hold the top job at a major Canadian lender. "Rania Llewellyn is the right leader to usher in a new era at Laurentian Bank," board member Michelle Savoy said in a release. Rania Llewellyn is CEO of Laurentian Bank of Canada. The bank says Llewellyn is the first woman to be CEO at a major chartered Canadian bank. Laurentian bank has 2,900 employees and more than $28 billion in assets under management.

Source: CBC News October 20, 2020 14:29 UTC