J.P. Morgan appointed PNC banking veteran Eileen Dignen as the new global head of treasury services for the corporate client banking business in its commercial banking unit.
Before PNC, Dignen worked for Bank of the West, The Clearing House, and SWIFT, according to a press release email to PYMNTS on Friday (June 3).
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J.P. Morgan Commercial Banking Global Head of Corporate Client Banking James Roddy said Dignen’s track record of “developing and executing highly successful sales and product strategies” will add to the team’s value to clients.
In the new role with J.P. Morgan, Dignen will lead a global team of treasury management professionals serving corporate clients across the U.S., Asia, and Europe. Dignen will be based in New York, New York and will report to Roddy and join the group’s management team.
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Prior to PNC, Dignen was head of the Bank of the West’s treasury solution division, where she led the development and transformation execution of their cash management suite of services. While at The Clearing House, Dignen was responsible for the company’s cross-border payment system CHIPS and the check image exchange network SVPCO.
At SWIFT, Dignen led innovation and payments initiatives for their Americas region, where she focused on financial institutions and from small businesses to multinational corporates.
She also held senior positions in global treasury management and credit roles at Citi and First Union/CoreStates Financial.
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