NEW YORK, May 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadridge
Financial Solutions, Inc. proudly sponsored the 24th
Annual Women's Bond Club Merit Award Dinner held on May 2nd in New York City. The event serves as a forum to
recognize women in leadership positions within the financial
community who have distinguished themselves and provided leadership
within their organizations.
"Being diverse is imperative, not optional, and while great
strides are being made, our industry has more work to do to advance
women's leadership in financial services," said Rich Daly, Broadridge President and Chief
Executive Officer, the evening's keynote speaker. "We're pleased to
partner with The Women's Bond Club, support its mission and commend
it on the positive impact of their work in the financial
markets."
"The case we're making is about taking action and sustaining a
commitment to bring greater diversity to higher levels in the
corporate hierarchy," said Frieda
Lewis, Women's Bond Club Board Member, and Managing Director
and Chief Commercial Diversity Officer at Broadridge. "The
diversity work we do at Broadridge, and that of the Women's Bond
Club, is helping to advance that agenda forward to enable more
female leaders to drive institutions to greater success."
Suni Harford of Citi and Ruth DeGolia of Mercado Global received
the Women's Bond Club two most prestigious awards.
Suni Harford, Managing Director, Regional Head of Markets,
North America, Citi, was the
recipient of the Merit Award recognizing her outstanding
professional contributions to the financial services industry. Suni
oversees the North American sales, trading, and origination
businesses of Citi's securities and banking franchise. She is a
member of Citi's Pension Plan Investment Committee, and a Director
on the Board of Citibank Canada. Suni serves on the Board of
Directors of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets
Association, as well as the Board of Directors of The Depository
Trust & Clearing Corporation.
Ruth DeGolia, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Mercado Global, was the recipient of the
Isabel Benham Award, which
recognizes exceptional dedication to the advancement of women. Ruth
is the Founder and Executive Director of Mercado Global. As an
early pioneer in the ethical fashion and social enterprise space,
Ruth created an innovative model that has connected indigenous
Guatemalan artisans to over 300 international retailers and
vendors. Since its founding in 2004, Mercado Global has provided
hundreds of thousands of hours of living wage work to empower women
and transform their lives.
At the event, this year's Rising Star Honor Roll was also
revealed. This award recognizes women who are early in their
careers, who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and who are
expected to be future stars in the industry.
About Broadridge
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: BR) is a leading
provider of investor communications and technology-driven solutions
for broker-dealers, banks, mutual funds and other corporations.
Broadridge's investor and customer communications, securities
processing and managed services solutions help clients reduce their
capital investments in operations infrastructure, allowing them to
increase their focus on core business activities. With more than 50
years of experience, Broadridge' s infrastructure underpins proxy
voting services for over 90% of public companies and mutual funds
in North America and processes on
average $5 trillion in equity and
fixed income trades per day. Broadridge employs approximately
10,000 associates in 16 countries. For more information about
Broadridge, please visit www.broadridge.com.
The Women's Bond Club
The Women's Bond Club is a vital
community of experienced women across a wide range of financial
services and related industries. Founded in 1921, The Women's Bond
Club was the first organization in New
York that focused on advancing women in finance. Today they
have over 900 members and over 40 of the leading financial services
firms as corporate sponsors, with several new additions to their
roster. Their members are united by a powerful mission: to advance
women's leadership, grow their intellectual capital, and return
value to their companies, communities and upcoming generations.
They accomplish this through a series of thought-provoking and
engaging events for their members, as well as through their
scholarship program and partnerships with non-profit organizations,
such as the Urban Assembly School for Young
Women in Business, which provide career guidance to women.
They invite you to visit their website www.wbcny.org.
Media Contacts:
Gregg Rosenberg
Head of Corporate Communications
+1 212-918-6966
gregg.rosenberg@broadridge.com
Brett Philbin
Edelman
+1 212-704-8263
brett.philbin@edelman.com
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