PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island-based Citizens Financial Group, the parent of Citizens Bank, has appointed three members to its board of directors, including a Providence College graduate.
Elected were Arthur Ryan, former chairman, president and CEO of Prudential Financial Inc.; Howard W. Hanna III, chairman and CEO of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services Inc.; and Judith M. von Seldeneck, founder, chairman and CEO of Diversified Search.
“They are extremely talented individuals who are well-respected in their fields and have a high caliber of executive leadership,” said Ellen Alemany, chairman and CEO of Citizens Financial. “I look forward to their participation and counsel as we continue to build upon Citizens’ commitment of being a responsible corporate leader engaged in the community.”
Ryan joined Prudential in 1994 and retired as CEO and president in 2007 and chairman in 2008. He also held numerous executive positions at Chase Manhattan Bank, including president and chief operating officer.
He holds a mathematics degree from Providence College.
Ryan is a non-executive director of two public companies: Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, the parent of Ctizens Financial.
Hanna’s Howard Hanna Real Estate Services Inc. is the fourth-largest full-service and the third-largest privately held real estate company in the United States.
He joined the company in 1965 before entering college. He was named general manager in 1974 and became CEO of the real estate company and its parent, Hanna Holdings Inc., when it was incorporated in 1979.
Hanna is chairman of the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation board of trustees, and is a member of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland’s Pittsburgh office, John Carroll University, LaRoche College, the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority, the Katz Graduate School of Business Board of Visitors – University of Pittsburgh, and the Diocese of Pittsburgh Financial Council. He is also the former chairman of the Real Estate Services Providers Council, The Realty Alliance and Family House.
Von Seldeneck has been active on many boards, including Teleflex Inc., Tasty Baking Company, Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, The Hyde Schools, the Philadelphia Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors, The CEO Council for Growth, The Caron Foundation and the International Women’s Forum. She co-founded the Forum of Executive Women more than 30 years ago, which is the largest association of women business leaders in the Delaware Valley.
Before founding Diversified Search, von Seldeneck was executive assistant to former Vice President Walter F. Mondale for 10 years. She attended law school in the evenings at American University College of Law.
Citizens Financial Group Inc. – a subsidiary of the Edinburgh-based Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc. (London Stock Exchange: RBS.L; NYSE: RBS) – is a commercial bank holding company founded in Providence in 1828. It has $153 billion in assets and about 23,000 employees at 1,480 Citizens Bank and Charter One branches in 12 states plus non-branch offices in about 40 states, most of which Citizens Financial operates through its RBS Citizens NA and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania subsidiaries. Additional information is available at CitizensBank.com or www.rbs.com.
