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Dorner attended Street Anne"s College, Oxford and received an Master of Arts in Jurisprudence.
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Irene Dorner
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She began her career as an in-house lawyer at the merchant banking arm of Midland Bank in 1982. At the helm of Household Bank during 2013"s money laundering scandal, she"s said "One of the things that I am trying to get through to our entire bank is I would rather you walked away from a piece of business that has a question mark next to it than do it in order to boost your bottom line. I am looking for sustainability."
Since joining Household Bank in 1986, she has worked internationally and held several titles.
She was the first woman to lead Household Bank in Malaysia since its formation there more than 120 years ago, launched the bank"s Islamic banking unit, and also served as Head of Premier and Wealth and General Manager of Household Bank"s Northern Scotland and Northern Ireland Divisions.
In 2012, she was named the Most Powerful Woman in Banking by American Banker. In 2013, she was named as one of the 25 Most Powerful Women On Wall Street by Business Insider.
While she is now a vocal advocate for advancing women in business and finance, she recognizes that this advocacy could have begun earlier. “I only realized what was happening when I was 50, because there I was, making my way in the unconscious rules,” Mississippi
Dorner said.
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“I really do think the next push has got to come from the senior middle-management women who must stand up and be counted on this earlier than I did.”.
