Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> February 17, 2000
ALAN J. WEBER is Vice Chairman of Strategy and Finance at Aetna Inc. Mr.
Weber oversees Aetna's financial and operational strategy, as well as
corporate planning and capital management, investor relations,
information technology strategy and Year 2000 program management. He
also serves as the company's Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Weber spent 27
years at Citibank, which he joined in 1971 straight from obtaining his
MBA at the Kellogg School, Northwestern University and a BS in Economics
at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1970). The first four
years at the bank were spent in financial control and operations
management positions in New York. Mr. Weber was appointed as the
Operations Group Financial Controller in 1975 and a year later he was
named a division head in the Operations Group, responsible for
operational/technology support of the Corporate Banking business in the
United States. In 1978, he was appointed a Senior Vice President and
given responsibilities for developing the financial institutions market
in the United States. In 1982, Mr. Weber changed career paths from the
institutional Banking sector to the consumer banking sector and was
given responsibility for building the bank's consumer businesses in
Italy and Greece. In 1984, Mr. Weber was given responsibility for all
consumer banking in 12 Asia/Pacific countries, encompassing branches,
finance companies, credit card companies and subsidiaries. In 1988, Mr.
Weber returned to New York and was elected a member of the Corporation's
Policy Committee, and promoted to Executive Vice President. His
responsibilities encompassed Citibank's business with financial
institutions around the world, including banks, central banks, insurance
companies broker/dealers and other financial intermediaries. In 1994, he
was put in charge of the Latin America Consumer Bank Group. In 1997, the
Asia/Pacific region was added to his existing responsibilities in Latin
America. This area was responsible for developing the consumer business
proposition in the emerging markets of the world. In August 1998 Mr.
Weber joined Aetna. Profile
Mr. Weber: Aetna is a leading provider of health and financial services
benefits, with nearly 47 million customers worldwide. The
