Banking & Financial Services Leader; Chairman & CEO at U.S. Bancorp; Former EVP at Bank of New York Mellon; Board Member at PBS
Gunjan Kedia Biography
Gunjan Kedia is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of U.S. Bancorp, the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States. Kedia became the first woman to lead the company as CEO and was subsequently appointed chairman of the board. She oversees U.S. Bancorp's three core business lines: Consumer and Business Banking; Payment Services; and Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking, guiding an institution with more than 70,000 employees and hundreds of billions in assets.
Kedia's career in financial services includes leadership roles at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she held a senior position in the financial services division, and at McKinsey & Company as a partner and core leader in its financial services practice. She later served as executive vice president and head of global product management at Bank of New York Mellon and led the investment servicing business in the Americas at State Street Financial as a member of its managing committee. Kedia joined U.S. Bancorp as vice chair of Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking, later advancing to president and then CEO. She holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from Delhi Technological University and an MBA from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.
Kedia has focused on expanding U.S. Bancorp's capital markets capabilities and advancing digital innovation in banking. Under her leadership, the bank completed the acquisition of BTIG, a financial services firm specializing in investment banking, institutional equity sales and trading, research, and prime brokerage, in a deal valued at up to $1 billion. This acquisition enhanced U.S. Bancorp's institutional platform and expanded its ability to serve corporate clients. Kedia has also supported the bank's digital asset strategy, including a cross-border stablecoin pilot as part of its broader fintech initiatives.
Kedia has been recognized in the banking industry, appearing on American Banker's Most Powerful Women in Finance list multiple times and on Barron's 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance list. She received the Tepper School of Business Alumni Achievement Award. In addition to her executive responsibilities, Kedia serves on the boards of the American Red Cross, PBS, and the Carnegie Mellon Tepper School of Business, demonstrating a commitment to civic and educational leadership in the financial services sector.
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