Talk:Anne Finucane

Expanded and updated draft

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On behalf of Anne Finucane and Bank of America via PR agency Group SJR, and as part of my work at Beutler Ink, I have drafted an expanded version of this Wikipedia article for community review. The current article is minimal, leaving much opportunity for improvement, and I've worked to create an accurate and neutral overview of her early life and education, career, and personal life, using Wikipedia-appropriate sourcing. I've aimed to expand this article based on the range of in-depth sources available about Ms. Finucane to give an encyclopedic overview of her life and work. In short, the draft includes new material about:

• her family and upbringing, alma mater, and early work
• her transition into the banking industry, employers and roles held for each
• major recognitions she received, and demonstration of impact within the banking industry
• her marriage and number of children, and board positions

The draft also displays an infobox with a new photograph I've recently uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. (Bank of America has submitted a permissions email to OTRS, but the permissions hasn't been updated to reflect receipt of this yet.)

I am looking for an editor who is willing to review my proposed draft here, and copy over the markup appropriately. @Edwardx: Since you created this stub, would you be interested in taking a look at the draft? I hope you'll find this is a quality biographical overview, and I'm happy to address any concerns or question here. If you're busy elsewhere, I may try reaching out to WikiProject Women in Red or WikiProject Women members for their feedback, given that the article seems to have been created as part of a WikiProject Women in Red contest. Thanks, Inkian Jason (talk) 18:27, 12 March 2018 (UTC)

done

Victuallers (talk) 11:40, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

@Victuallers: Thank you for reviewing the draft and copying over markup appropriately. I really appreciate your help. I did see one typo in the "Personal life" section ("has was president" guessing should be "and was president"), and I also noticed broken formatting/linking for "the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation". Do you mind adjusting the wording and formatting here? Otherwise, I think your changes to the proposed draft look good and I thank you again for your help. Inkian Jason (talk) 16:47, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Actually, there errors seem to have been addressed in this edit. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 17:21, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

thanks

thanks Victuallers (talk) 16:32, 23 March 2018 (UTC)

Infobox image

Hello again! On behalf of Ms. Finucane and Bank of America, I am requesting replacement of the current infobox image, which shows Ms. Finucane's side profile, with File:Anne Finucane.jpg, which was taken more recently and serves as a better illustration by showing her face on. Bank of America has already submitted a permissions email to OTRS, but the permissions hasn't been updated yet. I don't edit articles directly because of my COI, but I'm hoping a volunteer editor agrees this is an improvement and is willing to update the infobox. "Finucane in 2018" would be an appropriate caption. Thanks! Inkian Jason (talk) 18:18, 17 May 2018 (UTC)

 Done and I moved the previous image lower in the article. L293D (☎ • ✎) 15:08, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you. Inkian Jason (talk) 17:55, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

General Counsel

Hello! My name is Paul and I work for Precision Strategies. I'd like to submit an edit request on behalf of Bank of America:

Under Early life and education, please change "was a lawyer who worked for the Boston Patriots and local banks" to "was general counsel to the Boston Patriots and local banks", per The Boston Globe (February 5 and February 7, 2017), which say "Mr. Finucane who served as general counsel to the Boston Patriots..."

I have a couple additional requests as well, which I'll share later. @L293D: I see you reviewed a request above, if you're willing to consider this one as well.

Thanks for reviewing and updating appropriately, PB Precision (talk) 14:35, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Edit done. Boredathome101 (talk) 03:25, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

Committees

@Boredathome101: Thanks for your help above. I noticed there's a stray quotation mark in front of "was general counsel to the Boston Patriots and local banks", if you're able to remove. Thanks! I'd now like to submit a request to update the committees mentioned in the introduction and "Career in banking" section.

Currently, the introduction says:

• She leads the bank's environmental, social and corporate governance committee.

I propose changing this to the following:

• She leads the bank's socially responsible investing, global public policy, and environmental, social and corporate governance committee, and she serves as chairperson of Bank of America Europe.

Here are sources to justify the change:

• Euromoney (link): "... with vice-chairman Anne Finucane at the helm of the company's ESG, sustainable finance, capital deployment and public policy efforts..."
• Politico (link): "... Vice Chair Anne Finucane who oversees the bank’s sustainable investing arm."
• NBC News and Fortune confirm her role as chair of Bank of America Europe.

Similarly, the "Career in banking" section currently says:

• Finucane also chairs the company's environmental, social and corporate governance committee...

I propose changing this to the following:

• Finucane co-chairs the company’s sustainable markets committee, chairs the environmental, social and corporate governance committee…

Thanks for reviewing and updating appropriately, PB Precision (talk) 19:29, 26 July 2021 (UTC)

• edits have been done. Boredathome101 (talk) 08:58, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

• • @Boredathome101: Thanks for reviewing and updating the article. However, Anne Finucane serves as vice chair of Bank of America and chair of the board of Bank of America Europe (source). Do you mind clarifying this in the article's text? PB Precision (talk) 14:09, 3 August 2021 (UTC)
    • sorry if I got in confused. check now. Boredathome101 (talk) 18:07, 3 August 2021 (UTC)

• • • • @Boredathome101: No problem, thanks for revisiting! I think the extra space at the end of the first sentence can be removed, and I'm submitting another request below if you have time to take a look. Thanks again! PB Precision (talk) 15:22, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

Rankings

I would like to propose another improvement to this Wikipedia article. The current Recognition section is comprehensive but fails to mention a few more recent rankings. Specifically, I propose adding mention of Fortune's Most Powerful Women rankings in 2018, 2019, and 2020, per these sources:

• 2018 (#49): https://fortune.com/most-powerful-women/2018/
• 2019 (#50): https://fortune.com/most-powerful-women/2019/anne-finucane/
• 2020 (#47): https://fortune.com/most-powerful-women/2020/anne-finucane/

Again, I'm seeking to update the existing text, which only mentions the 2016 and 2017 lists. Additionally, I'd like to propose adding mention of this power couple ranking by Boston magazine to the Personal life section, after the first sentence which mentions Mike Barnicle. I'm open to alternative wording, but I have the following in mind: In 2012, Boston magazine included Finucane and Barnicle in a list of the city's "power couples".

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I'm hoping Boredathome101 or another editor can update the article's text on my behalf. Thank you for reviewing! PB Precision (talk) 15:22, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

 Done . — Lauritz Thomsen (talk) 19:36, 10 August 2021 (UTC)

@LauritzT: Thanks for your help here. I am pleased to see the information updated. I've submitted a follow-up request below, seeking to simplify the sentence for readability purposes, if you have a moment to review. PB Precision (talk) 16:23, 21 September 2021 (UTC)

Simplify sentence

Related to the above request, I'd like to propose simplifying one specific sentence in the Recognition section for readability purposes.

Currently, the sentence says:

• She has ranked highly on lists of influential American women, including American Banker's "most powerful women" lists in 2009 (19th), 2011 (14th), 2012 (9th), 2014 (13th), 2015 (12th), 2016 (10th), and 2017 (9th), Fortune's "most powerful women" lists in 2016 (50th), 2017 (50th),, 2018 (49th), 2019 (50th), and 2020 (47th), and Forbes "most powerful women" lists in 2019 and 2020.

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I propose changing to the following:

• She has ranked highly on lists of influential American women, including American Banker's "most powerful women" lists in 2009, 2011–2012, and 2014–2017, Fortune's "most powerful women" lists between 2016 and 2020, and Forbes' "most powerful women" lists in 2019 and 2020.

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The latter version removes the specific list placements, but makes the sentence easier to read and otherwise conveys the same information to readers. All sources have been kept but I've bundled a few citations. I understand editors may prefer to keep the specific numbers, but if the details aren't required I'd appreciate someone updating the sentence on my behalf. I'm hoping User:LauritzT might be interested in reviewing. Thanks again!

Y, done. Chirota (talk) 05:35, 22 September 2021 (UTC)

I want to make sure

There is transportation from Bank of America that I have some dues with the bank. Is this true or is it a fraud by some people? I hope you will reply to my email thomasfi6m@yahoo.com 41.235.231.88 (talk) 08:07, 13 January 2022 (UTC)

Retired from the vice chair role

Hello! My name is Kathy and I have created a Wikipedia account to suggest updates to articles about clients as part of my consultancy, Bright Side of the Road. This article is outdated because Anne Finucane has retired from the vice chair role. I have some ideas for how to improve this page, so I will share suggestions here for others to review on my behalf.

There are some tense updates needed throughout the article, but to start, I would like to suggest an addition to the "Career in banking" section (Anne_Finucane#Career_in_banking), after the sentence, "In September 2017, she led the Bank of America's European bank board", to note her retirement from the vice chair role:

• In 2021, Finucane retired from the vice chair role. She remained as a non-executive chair of the European bank board through 2022 and joined Bank of America's global advisory council. The New York Times has credited her with helping to guide Bank of America out of the 2007–2008 financial crisis, and described Finucane as "the chief architect of the bank's image overhaul".

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Even if this is considered a non-controversial update, I would ask other editors to review and update the article for me because of my conflict of interest. If there are any questions with this request, please let me know. Thank you! KMBrightSide (talk) 20:19, 9 May 2024 (UTC)

Partially done, in future please request edits with the template {{edit COI}}. Theroadislong (talk) 06:57, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

@Theroadislong: Thank you for reviewing this request and making an update to the article. I appreciate your guidance and will be sure to include Template:Edit COI when I submit requests here in the future. Thanks again, KMBrightSide (talk) 21:54, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

Board positions and memberships

Hi all. As I've mentioned above, I have a conflict of interest related to this article, so wanted to see if there are any editors who would be able to help with updating it with a more complete overview of Anne Finucane's board positions and government appointments.

Right now, Anne_Finucane#Personal_life has the following text:

Finucane has been on the boards of The American Ireland Fund, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Carnegie Hall, CVS Health (since January 2011), the International Center for Journalists, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston Public Library Foundation and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Partners HealthCare, and the Special Olympics. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and has been president of the Massachusetts Women's Forum.

This text is not wrong, but it is out of date and incomplete. Here is a more up to date and complete overview of her board positions and memberships:

U.S. President Joe Biden appointed Finucane to the President's Intelligence Advisory Board in 2022. As of 2016, she was advising U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry as part of the Department of State's Foreign Affairs Policy Board. Finucane is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Global Leadership Council for the Rockefeller Foundation's Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, and previously served on the World Bank Group's Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative.

Finucane serves on the boards of Williams-Sonoma, Inc., CVS Health (since January 2011), Partners HealthCare, Brigham and Women's Hospital (as vice chair of trustees), One Campaign, Special Olympics (as vice chair and lead director), and The Ireland Funds. Previously, she has served on the boards of Carnegie Hall, the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, the International Center for Journalists, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, the Boston Public Library Foundation, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, and she was president of the Massachusetts Women's Forum.

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I understand editors will decide which text to update and where it will live in the article, but I would gently ask editors to consider moving the board positions from the "Personal life" section to the "Career in banking" section, perhaps with a subhead of Board service and memberships. I've noticed board positions are often listed under these categories vs "personal life" for other senior business executives, such as Jane Fraser (executive) and Mellody Hobson.

As always, I defer to others on these updates given my conflict of interest, and am happy to answer questions as needed. Thanks so much. KMBrightSide (talk) 01:11, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

 Done thank you for your patience. Rusalkii (talk) 18:20, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

Thank you kindly for reviewing and updating this section @Rusalkii: KMBrightSide (talk) 17:21, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Suggestions for updating introduction

Hello! As a reminder, I have a conflict of interest related to this article, so am here to kindly ask independent editors to review and update the introduction, which is out-of-date by several years. Anne Finucane retired from her roles at Bank of America in 2021 and subsequently took on two senior roles with climate finance organizations. I have included suggested updates for your consideration below. I also propose noting that she is considered an influential woman in her field, as she has been widely described as such in media coverage. Following is a visualization of the proposed suggestions, using Text diff:

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'''Anne Finucane''' (born 1952) is an American banker who is [[Chairperson#Vice-chairperson and deputy chairperson|vice chair]] of [[Bank of America]] and chair of the board of Bank of America Europe. She leads the bank's [[socially responsible investing]], global [[public policy]], and [[environmental, social and corporate governance]] committee. She has worked in the banking industry since 1995, when she joined [[FleetBoston Financial|Fleet Financial]], which later merged with the short-lived [[BankBoston]] to become part of Bank of America. She is on the board of several organizations. She lives in [[Lincoln, Massachusetts]].

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'''Anne Finucane''' (born 1952) is an American banker who served as [[Chairperson#Vice-chairperson and deputy chairperson|vice chair]] of [[Bank of America]] and chair of the board of Bank of America Europe until retiring from the bank in 2021, after which she became a senior advisor to TPG Rise Climate and chair of Rubicon Carbon. Considered among the most influential women in U.S. finance and a pioneer in climate finance, she led Bank of America's [[socially responsible investing]], global [[public policy]], and [[environmental, social and corporate governance]] committee. Finucane started working in the banking industry in 1995, when she joined [[FleetBoston Financial|Fleet Financial]], which later merged with the short-lived [[BankBoston]] to become part of Bank of America. She is on the board of several organizations and lives in [[Lincoln, Massachusetts]].

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I would ask editors to update appropriately, and here's the wiki markup as proposed:

Anne Finucane (born 1952) is an American banker who served as vice chair of Bank of America and chair of the board of Bank of America Europe until retiring from the bank in 2021, after which she became a senior advisor to TPG Rise Climate and chair of Rubicon Carbon. Considered among the most influential women in U.S. finance and a pioneer in climate finance, she led Bank of America's socially responsible investing, global public policy, and environmental, social and corporate governance committee.

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

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Thanks so much! KMBrightSide (talk) 18:09, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

 Partly done: "among the most influential women in U.S. finance and a pioneer in climate finance" is a lot to hang on that one source in Wikipedia's voice, I've removed it. Otherwise done. Rusalkii (talk) 19:21, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

@Rusalkii: Thank you for reviewing this request so quickly and for updating the introduction. I’m grateful. On the reference to “among the most influential women in U.S. finance and a pioneer in climate finance,” I appreciate you letting me know that I didn't include enough source material. I'll highlight a few more sources here in case you want to consider a reference in the introduction to her influential role in U.S. finance. She has appeared more than a dozen times on Most Powerful Women lists from American Banker, Fortune and Forbes. The NYT refers to her as “one of Wall Street’s most powerful women” in the 2021 article footnoted in the introduction and the Boston Globe in 2021 called her “one of the most powerful women in corporate America.” This question made me notice that the Recognition section doesn’t include a few more recent/relevant recognitions of her leadership in finance. I’ll post a separate request to consider a minor update in that section. In the meantime, thank you again for taking the time to review and edit the article. All my best KMBrightSide (talk) 23:28, 30 August 2024 (UTC)