美国银行裁员之刀伸向高管

为应对不断放缓的经济和准备整合美林(Merrill Lynch & Co)而忙碌的美国银行(Bank of America Corp.)上周裁减了约20位高层主管，其中包括首席执行长肯尼斯•刘易斯(Kenneth Lewis)的一些长期拥护者。


 


肯尼斯•刘易斯这只是这家总部位于北卡罗来纳州夏洛特的银行的首批裁员，预计在未来三年中，将有3万-3.5万个职位被裁。这凸显出美国银行在想方设法度过金融危机之际，裁员的波及面将有多广,sac longchamp；同时也显示出在整合一家知名纽约证券公司时，刘易斯不一定会表现出宗派主义。

新泽西州NAB Research LLC的银行业分析师南希•布什(Nancy Bush)说，夏洛特永远都是美国银行的核心,sac burberry；不过,abercrombie france，我确实认为这暗示出通过这桩并购案，公司可能比我们想像的实现更重大的转型。

离职的高管们职位只比刘易斯低一级，其中至少有一部分人被要求在接到通知之日下班前把办公室腾空。其中有些在美国银行担任管理职位已经有年头了，有几个甚至可以追溯到公司当初发起收购大战的时候。当时的名字还是北卡罗来纳国家银行（North Carolina National Bank)），正是这样的并购使该行成为美国首家、也是规模最大的一家全国性零售银行。

据知情人士透露，被要求离职的包括：副首席法律顾问大卫•奥诺拉托(David Onorato)，全球个人及小企业银行业务合规与风险管理负责人赫尔加•休斯顿(Helga Houston)，负责银行网站（bankofamerica.com）的电子商务高级主管兰斯•德拉蒙德(Lance Drummond)，西海岸个人银行业务负责人布拉德•丁斯莫尔(Brad Dinsmore)，销售、服务及整合高管马克•里奇(Mark Ricci)，曾任职美国联邦调查局(FBI)、2006年加入公司负责公司安保组织的克里斯•斯威克(Chris Swecker)。除此之外，还有首席法律顾问蒂姆•梅尔波洛斯(Tim Mayopoulos)，曾任公司及投资银行业务主管的布赖恩•莫伊尼汉(Brian Moynihan)将接替他的职务。

美国银行上周透露了莫伊尼汉离职的消息，不过没有表示这是更大规模高层主管裁员的一部分。美国银行发言人拒绝对其他人的离职发表评论。

Dan Fitzpatrick
BofA Cuts Don't Spare Top Executive Ranks
 
2008年12月16日
 
Bank of America Corp., grappling with the slowing economy and preparing to integrate Merrill Lynch & Co., purged about 20 high-ranking executives last week, including some longtime loyalists of Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis.

The cuts were the first among 30,000 to 35,longchamp,000 expected over the next three years at the Charlotte, N.C.,burberry, bank and underscore how widespread reductions will be as Bank of America looks to weather the financial crisis. The cuts also show how Mr. Lewis won't necessarily act provincially as he absorbs a prominent New York securities firm.

'Charlotte will always be the heart of that company,louboutin pas cher,' said banking analyst Nancy Bush at NAB Research LLC in Annandale, N.J. 'However, I do think it is indicative of a deal that may be more transformational than we know.'

The departing executives, at least some of whom were asked to vacate their offices by the end of the day they were notified, were taken from the bank's 'band 1' layer of management, one rung below Mr. Lewis. Some were longtime managers at Bank of America,louboutin, a few dating to the days when the company, then called North Carolina National Bank, began its campaign of acquisitions that formed the nation's first and largest coast-to-coast retail bank.

Among those asked to leave at Bank of America,burberry pas cher, according to people familiar with the situation and internal bank communications, were deputy general counsel David Onorato; Helga Houston,abercrombie and fitch, a compliance and risk-management executive for global consumer and small-business banking; Lance Drummond, a senior e-commerce executive in charge of the Web site bankofamerica.com; Brad Dinsmore,doudoune moncler, head of consumer banking on the West Coast; Mark Ricci, a sales, service and integration executive; and Chris Swecker, hired in 2006 from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to run the bank's corporate-security organization. Another was general counsel Tim Mayopoulos, who was succeeded by Brian Moynihan, most recently head of corporate and investment banking.

Bank of America disclosed Mr. Mayopoulos's exit last week but didn't signal that it was part of a larger high-level blood-letting. A spokesman declined to comment on the other departures.

Dan Fitzpatrick
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