PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.
("Sovereign") (NYSE: SOV), parent company of Sovereign Bank ("Bank"), today
announced that Jim Hogan, CFO of Sovereign Bancorp, Inc., will be speaking at
the MIT Sloan CFO Summit 2004 (http://www.mitcfo.com). The event, taking
place November 19, 2004 at the Newton Marriott in Newton, MA brings together
CEOs, CFOs, senior financial leaders and top academics to discuss real world
best practices on topics such as globalization, its financial impact,
corporate governance, risk management, succession planning, FASB and
accounting developments, Sarbanes-Oxley and executive compensation.
A complete agenda and event registration information can be found online
at http://www.mitcfo.com.
The Sloan Alumni Club of Boston conducts a full calendar of events focused
on Leadership and Executive Management Best Practices. The events promote the
MIT philosophy of "mens et manus" or "mind and hands" and involve
internationally renowned thought-leaders and practitioners. The annual series
of public symposia include the Software Symposium, the Women in Business and
Technology Symposium, the CIO Symposium, and the CFO summit. You can visit
http://www.mitsloanevents.com for more information.
Sovereign Bancorp, Inc., ("Sovereign") (NYSE: SOV), is the parent company
of Sovereign Bank, pro forma a $60 billion financial institution with more
than 650 community banking offices, over 1,000 ATMs and approximately 9,500
team members in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. In addition to full-service
retail banking, Sovereign offers a broad array of financial services and
products including business and corporate banking, cash management, capital
markets, trust and wealth management and insurance. Pro forma for pending
acquisitions, Sovereign is the 18th largest banking institution in the United
States. For more information on Sovereign Bank, visit
http://www.sovereignbank.com or call 1-877-SOV-BANK.
SOURCE Sovereign Bancorp, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.sovereignbank.com
CONTACT:
FINANCIAL: Jim Hogan, +1-610-320-8496, or
jhogan@sovereignbank.com, or Mark McCollom, +1-610-208-6426, or
mmccollo@sovereignbank.com, or Stacey Weikel, +1-610-208-6112, or
sweikel@sovereignbank.com; or MEDIA: Ed Shultz, +1-610-378-6159,
or eshultz1@sovereignbank.com, all of Sovereign Bancorp
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