Chappaqua resident Pamela Thomas-Graham has been shuttling between Zurich, Switzerland, and New York this month in her new role as chief talent, branding and communications officer at Credit Suisse.
A former CEO and chairman of CNBC and former group president at Liz Claiborne, Thomas-Graham was appointed to the executive boards of both Credit Suisse Group A.G. and Credit Suisse. In her newly created position with the 154-year-old Swiss banking firm, she has global responsibility for human resources, corporate communications, corporate branding and advertising. She reports to Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan.
“Outstanding talent and an excellent reputation are core to our success,” Dougan said in a statement announcing her hiring. “Today we have a great opportunity to differentiate Credit Suisse as a leading global bank. In this newly created role, the priorities for Pamela will be to help build the position of Credit Suisse as the best place to work in our industry and the world”™s most admired bank. With her background in strategy consulting, media and brand marketing and her broad leadership experience, Pamela is ideally qualified to help us lead change at Credit Suisse and to develop our people and our brand.”
Thomas-Graham most recently was a managing director in the private equity group of Angelo, Gordon & Co. in New York. For 10 years she was an associate and later a partner at McKinsey & Co. A graduate of Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School, where she served on the Harvard Law Review, she also has written a series of five mystery novels set on Ivy League campuses.
“I am very excited and honored to join Credit Suisse at this point in its development,” Thomas-Graham said. “The firm has emerged as a leader in its field. Its business model and global reach position the company extremely well in a rapidly changing environment, and I”™m eager to start working with an organization with such great talent.”
A native of Detroit, Thomas-Graham is married to attorney and author Lawrence O. Graham. The couple has three children.
