Anne Finucane
Personal details
Born	(1952-07-18)July 18, 1952 (age 72) Boston,Massachusetts, U.S.
Spouse	Mike Barnicle
Children	4 (plus 3 stepchildren)
Education	University of New Hampshire, Durham (BA)

Anne Finucane (born July 18, 1952) is an American banker who was the first female^[1]vice chair ofBank of America and chair of Bank of America Europe until retiring from the bank in 2021,^[2] and from her BofA Europe chair role at the end of 2022,^[3] after which she became a senior advisor to TPG Rise Climate and chair of Rubicon Carbon.^[4][5] While at Bank of America, she established and led its $1 trillion Environmental Business Initiative,^[6] as well as its sustainable finance, globalpublic policy, andenvironmental, social and corporate governance committee.^[7][8]

Finucane started working in the banking industry in 1995, when she joinedFleet Financial, which later merged with the short-livedBankBoston to become part of Bank of America. She is on the board of several organizations and lives inLincoln, Massachusetts.

Finucane was born to anIrish-American family, and raised as the fourth of six children inNewton, Massachusetts.^[9] The lineages of both her parents trace back toCounty Cork.^[10] Her father, William, "was general counsel to theBoston Patriots and local banks.^[11] Her mother, Mary, was a homemaker and distant relative ofTip O'Neill.^[9] Finucane was friends with one ofRobert Q. Crane's daughters, and Crane introduced Finucane to the then Mayor of Boston,Kevin White. Following completion of her studies at theUniversity of New Hampshire, Finucane worked in the mayor's arts office.^[9]

Finucane entered the banking industry when she joinedFleet Financial in 1995, as head of corporate affairs and marketing.^[9] She worked to improve the bank's reputation following asubprime lending crisis, and helped in company acquisitions.^[9] Fleet Financial later merged withBankBoston, thenBank of America.^[9] Finucane became FleetBoston Financial's executive vice president for corporate marketing and communications.^[12] She was Bank of America's global chief strategy and marketing officer after thefinancial crisis of 2007–2008 when the bank lost 55% of its value, "symboliz[ing] all that was wrong" with US banks.^[9][13][14]

She became the company's vice chair in 2015.^[15][16] Finucane co-chaired the company’s sustainable markets committee, chairs theenvironmental, social and corporate governance committee, leadscustomer analytics,global marketing, andpublic policy strategies,^[17][18] and chairs the Bank of American Charitable Foundation.^[19]

In mid-2017, Finucane was reportedly considered forUber's vacantchief executive officer position,^[20] following the resignation ofTravis Kalanick.^[14][21] In September 2017, she led the Bank of America's European bank board, retiring in 2021.^[22][23][24]

Finucane was named toForbes' "most powerful women" lists in 2018,^[25] 2019^[26] and 2020^[27] and has ranked highly on lists of influential American women, includingAmerican Banker's "most powerful women" lists in 2009,^[28] 2011–2012,^[29][30] and 2014–2017,^[31][32][33] andFortune's "most powerful women" lists between 2016 and 2020.^{[34][35][36][37][38]} Finucane was included inPRWeek's 2013 "Power List",^[39] was ranked sixth onBoston's list of "The 100 Women Who Run This Town" in 2010,^[12][40] and ranked number 20 inForbes' 2014 list of "50 Most Influential CMOs" in the world.^[41][42] She was named to Barron's 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance list in 2021.^[43] In 2019, Finucane was inducted into theAmerican Advertising Federation'sAdvertising Hall of Fame.^[44] Other honors include induction into the Academy of Distinguished Bostonians by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce,^[45] and aMatrix Award from theAssociation for Women in Communications' New York affiliate, both in 2013. Additionally, she was honored by theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston's Planning Office for Urban Affairs for her "commitment and work in the name of social justice" in 2017.^[46]

Finucane was selected for the inaugural 2021 Forbes 50 Over 50; made up of entrepreneurs, leaders, scientists and creators who are over the age of 50.^[47]

U.S. PresidentJoe Biden appointed Finucane to thePresident's Intelligence Advisory Board in 2022.^[48] As of 2016, she was advising U.S. Secretary of StateJohn Kerry as part of the Department of State'sForeign Affairs Policy Board.^[49] Finucane is a member of theCouncil on Foreign Relations^[50] and the Global Leadership Council for theRockefeller Foundation's Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet,^[51] and previously served on theWorld Bank Group's Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative.^[52]

Finucane serves on the boards ofWilliams-Sonoma, Inc.,^[53][54]CVS Health (since January 2011),^[55][56]Partners HealthCare,^[50]Brigham and Women's Hospital (as vice chair of trustees),^[57]One Campaign,^[58]Special Olympics (as vice chair and lead director),^[59][60] andThe Ireland Funds.^[61][62][63] Previously, she has served on the boards ofCarnegie Hall, theNational September 11 Memorial & Museum,^[64] theInternational Center for Journalists, theJohn F. Kennedy Presidential Library, the Boston Public Library Foundation, theMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston, and theJohn F. Kennedy Library Foundation,^[65][66] and she was president of the Massachusetts Women's Forum.^[67]

Finucane is married to the journalistMike Barnicle, who has three children from another marriage; the couple have four adult children of their own,^[68] and live inLincoln, Massachusetts.^[9][10] In 2012,Boston magazine included Finucane and Barnicle in a list of the city's "power couples".^[69]

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