Keynote Speaker
Lynn A. Pike
President
Capital One Bank
As President of Capital One Bank, Lynn Pike is responsible for leading one of the company’s largest lines of business, with 13,000 associates and 725 branches in Texas, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut. Today, Capital One is the nation’s 13th largest bank based on retail deposits. Ms. Pike heads the leadership team for Capital One’s banking business with oversight of the bank’s Consumer and Private Banking; Commercial Banking; Small Business; Product, Marketing and Alternate Delivery; Operations Bank Real Estate; and Integration. She also serves on the Executive Committee reporting directly to Capital One’s Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer Richard D. Fairbank.
Ms. Pike joined Capital One in March of 2007, as Chief Operating Officer for the company’s Banking business. With more than 32 years of experience in the banking industry, Ms. Pike was recruited to Capital One to take on a newly created role of COO with oversight over the operations of all Capital One’s Banking business activities. In August 2007, Ms. Pike assumed the role of President of Capital One’s Banking business.
An experienced leader with extensive banking and community development expertise, Ms. Pike joined Capital One from Bank of America where she served for three years as president of Business Banking, successfully managing a $2.1 billion revenue business with responsibility for nearly 110,000 business clients and nearly 2,000 employees. Ms. Pike also served as president of Bank of America California. Leading its more than 30,000 employees, her role focused on accomplishing broad business goals and leading the company's community engagement activities. Ms. Pike was responsible for ensuring the integration of the company's operations throughout the state and achieving the bank's growth goals across all lines of business while also leading efforts to meet community needs and guiding the company's philanthropic investments in California.
Before joining Bank of America, Ms. Pike served as managing director of Consumer Banking & Distribution for Fleet Boston where she was responsible for 15,000 employees and 1,500 branches throughout the Northeast, as well as telephone banking and the ATM network. Prior to Fleet Boston, Ms. Pike was executive vice president and regional president of Wells Fargo Bank's Los Angeles Metropolitan Division, where she was responsible for its largest retail operating division.
Ms. Pike also served as director of national sales support for GMAC Mortgage Corporation and had previously managed the Florida, New York and New Jersey community banking units for First Nationwide Bank. Earlier in her career she held executive positions with Bank of Boston and Bay Banks.
Ms. Pike is a graduate of the Executive School of Marketing at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. Always engaged and active in business, community and nonprofit organizations, she recently served on the boards of the California Business Roundtable; the CBEE; Mayor Villaraigosa's Los Angeles Economy and Job Committee; The Federal Reserve Board of the 12th district - Los Angeles Branch; Junior Achievement of Southern California. She currently serves on the boards of Phoenix House of California, the Autry National Center Board of Trustees, Operation Hope, and New York Bankers Association.
Her previous board service includes the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce; Town Hall of Los Angeles; Consumer Bankers Association; Carreker Advisory Board; Fleet Boston Foundation Board; and Bank of America Foundation Board. Ms. Pike is the recipient of the Chairman's Award from the Latin Business Association. Ms. Pike was also honored with the 2002 Asian Entrepreneurs of the Year Award.
