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“I could see storm clouds on the but I had no idea how fierce the stormkwould become,” Ho said. “I’m an optimist by nature, but I’ve learned I may need to be more That’s a lesson taken to heart by many of her lendingt peers these days as they grapple with troubled But as president of communith banking forthe $13 billiom United Commercial Bank, Ho is lookingv ahead. Specifically, she made her firs trip to China this month as an executive with UniterCommercial Bank. The bank has offices nationwide, focusing on the Chinese-Americah community in the United Stated as well as American companiea doing business ingreater China.
Ho assumed her new role with Unitedd Commercial Bank after taking some time off followiny her departure from Wells Fargo inSeptembert 2007. “We believe that she can providr the strong leadership that is vital to achievin g our objectives to expandcustomer relationships, improve customer profitabilit and increase market share,” said Thomas Wu, chairman, president and CEO of UCBH. Ho headedr Wells Fargo’s consumer credit group from 1998to 2007. Amontg her accomplishments at the SanFrancisco bank, was her ability to take Wells Fargp to first place in market share in 2001, from fifthu place in 1998.
Prior to Wells Fargo, Ho was with from 1974 to initially working in public relations at the New York She later held a variety of positions at Citibanmk incorporate banking, consumer lending, retail banking and busineszs banking. The former war correspondent for Time who reported from Southeast Asia in theearly 1970s, saw bankinv as an avenue to have a greater impact on the “I left journalism and went into bankiny because I wanted to make thingss happen rather than just report on those who made thingas happen,” she said.