Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> August 16, 2004
PIN PIN CHAU is the Chief Executive Officer of Summit Bank Corporation
and its wholly owned subsidiary, The Summit National Bank. Summit has
been a four-time recipient of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's ranking
of the best 100 public companies in Georgia and in 2003 it had the
distinction of being ranked the sixth best company. Ms. Chau began her
banking career in New York in 1970, with National Westminster Bank USA,
where she remained until 1987 in various domestic and international
assignments. She was President and CEO of a Chinese community bank in
New York before joining Summit in 1993. Ms. Chau was born in Hong Kong
and came to the United States as an undergraduate student. She graduated
magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi from Coe College in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She received her MA degree from Yale University in
New Haven, Connecticut. She is a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School
of Banking and has completed graduate courses in accounting from New
York University's Stern School of Business. Ms. Chau is one of a handful
of women CEOs of public companies in Georgia. She serves on the board of
directors of the Atlanta Public Broadcasting and WABE stations, the
Consumer Credit Counseling Service, and Coe College. She is a graduate
of Leadership Atlanta, a member of the International Women's Forum and
the Society of International Business Fellows. She was the recipient of
the Shining Star award from the Atlanta Women's Foundation in 2000. Profile
Corporation and give us an idea of what the bank is doing at the present
time?
Ms. Chau: The company is a one-bank holding
