Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 21, 2002

Alan Fishman – Independance Community Bank Corporation (icbc)

ALAN H. FISHMAN is President and Chief Executive Officer of Independence Community Bank Corp. Mr. Fishman assumed the leadership at Independence Community Bank in March 2001 when he was elected President and Chief Executive Officer. After a brief period working in his family's business, Mr. Fishman has devoted his entire business career to the financial services industry. He held a variety of senior executive positions at Chemical Bank, a JP Morgan Chase predecessor, and A.I.G. Prior to Independence Community Bank, from 1999 to 2000, Mr. Fishman was CEO of ContiFinancial Corporation. Mr. Fishman serves on the Board of Directors of KeySpan Corporation where he is Chairman of the Audit Committee, and Independence Community Bank Corp. Profile
TWST: Would you start with an introduction to Independence Community

Bank Corp. and tell us about your own experience and involvement with

Independence and the industry?

Mr. Fishman: