Harford Brings Extensive Banking and Risk
Management Experience to the Capital One Board
MCLEAN,
Va., Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Capital One
Financial Corporation (NYSE: COF), today announced that seasoned
financial services industry executive Suni
P. Harford has been appointed to the company's Board of
Directors, effective April 1, 2024.
Ms. Harford will stand for election to the Board by Capital One
shareholders in May 2024. As a member
of the Board, Ms. Harford will serve on the Audit Committee and
Risk Committee.
Ms. Harford brings more than 30 years of risk management,
compliance, and banking experience as a senior executive at global
financial institutions. Most recently, Ms. Harford served as
President of UBS Asset Management as well as Chair of UBS Asset
Management's Executive Committee and Risk Committee. While at UBS,
Ms. Harford also served as the UBS Group Executive Board Lead for
the firm's sustainability and impact efforts. Ms. Harford joined
UBS in 2017 as the Head of Investments where she was responsible
for the investment teams for traditional asset classes and UBS
O'Connor, a multi-strategy hedge fund.
Prior to joining UBS, Ms. Harford worked at Citigroup for almost
25 years, most recently as the Regional Head of Markets for
North America. Ms. Harford was
also a member of Citibank's Pension Plan Investment Committee and a
director on the board of Citibank Canada.
"I am thrilled to welcome Suni to our Board of Directors," said
Richard D. Fairbank, Founder,
Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of Capital One. "Suni has
deep experience in banking, having worked for more than three
decades supporting clients in the United
States and internationally for some of the largest and most
sophisticated institutions. She has a proven ability to navigate
the opportunities and risks in our industry, and brings a can-do
attitude and reverence for rigorous and open problem-solving that
will be valuable to our Board. I look forward to serving with her
for years to come."
Ms. Harford served as a co-chair of the World Economic Forum
Global Future Council on Investing and has held seats on the board
of several industry associations, including the Depository Trust
and Clearing Corporation and the Securities Industry Financial
Management Association. She has been named the Chair of the Bob
Woodruff Foundation's Board of Directors. She is also a founding
sponsor of Veterans on Wall Street, a coalition of major financial
services firms established to support military veterans and their
transition into the financial services industry. She is involved in
many organizations in this regard and received the Outstanding
Civilian Service Award from the US Army for her efforts.
Learn more about Capital One's Board of Directors on the
Investor Relations Web Page.
About Capital One
Capital One Financial
Corporation (www.capitalone.com) is a financial holding company
which, along with its subsidiaries, had $348.4 billion in deposits and $478.5 billion in total assets as of December 31, 2023. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Capital One offers a broad
spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small
businesses and commercial clients through a variety of channels.
Capital One, N.A. has branches and Cafés located primarily in
New York, Louisiana, Texas, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. A Fortune 500 company,
Capital One trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
"COF" and is included in the S&P 100 index.
Learn more about Capital One by visiting
www.capitalone.com/about/
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