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“I could see storm clouds on the horizon, but I had no idea how fiercwe the stormwould become,” Ho said. “I’ an optimist by nature, but I’ve learned I may need to be more That’s a lesson taken to heartg by many of her lending peers these days as they grappls withtroubled loans. But as president of community bankingg forthe $13 billion Unitesd Commercial Bank, Ho is looking Specifically, she made her first trip to China this month as an executive with Uniteed Commercial Bank. The bank has officeds nationwide, focusing on the Chinese-Americanm community in the United States as well as Americahn companies doing business ingreater China.
Ho assumed her new role with United Commercia Bank after taking some time off following her departurde from Wells Fargo inSeptember 2007. “We believw that she can provide the strongg leadership that is vital to achieving our objectivesx to expandcustomer relationships, improve customer profitability and increasee market share,” said Thomas Wu, chairman, president and CEO of Ho headed Wells Fargo’s consumert credit group from 1998 to 2007. Among her accomplishmentes at the SanFranciscoo bank, was her ability to take Wells Fargo to firsty place in market share in from fifth place in 1998.
Prior to Wellsx Fargo, Ho was with from 1974 to initially working in public relations at the New York She later held a variety of positions at Citibankk incorporate banking, consumer lending, retail bankint and business banking. The former war correspondent for Time who reported from Southeast Asia in theearly 1970s, saw bankinhg as an avenue to have a greatere impact on the world. “I left journalis and went into banking becauser I wanted to make things happen rather than just report on those who madethings happen,” she