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In December 1999, after a period marked by boardroom infighting and disappointing financial results, John B. McCoy unexpectedly stepped down as CEO of Bank One Corp. The board immediately kicked off a search for its next CEO. After roughly three months spent vetting five candidates, the board settled on 44-year-old Jamie Dimon, who had been unceremoniously fired from Citigroup in 1998. McCoy met with Dimon and was impressed with the young executive’s “energy, passion and most of all, talent,” he recalled in “Here’s the Deal,” his 2018 memoir. “After the meeting,” wrote McCoy, “I was quite convinced that there were…
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Emily McCormick is Vice President of Editorial & Research for Bank Director. Emily oversees research projects, from in-depth reports to Bank Director’s annual surveys on M&A, risk, compensation, governance and technology. She also manages content for the Bank Services Program, including Bank Director’s Online Training Series. In addition to speaking and moderating discussions at Bank Director’s in-person and virtual events, Emily writes and edits for Bank Director magazine, BankDirector.com and Bank Director’s weekly newsletter, The Slant. She started her career in the circulation department at the Knoxville News-Sentinel and graduated summa cum laude from The University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and International Business.