Valley rally: Bank accelerates march into Florida

Valley National Bank’s CEO keeps one lesson learned close: Stay true to who you are.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 6:00 a.m. December 20, 2019
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Harry Sayer. Ira Robbins has been with Wayne, N.J.-based Valley National Bank since 1996. He was named president in 2017 and CEO in early 2018.
Harry Sayer. Ira Robbins has been with Wayne, N.J.-based Valley National Bank since 1996. He was named president in 2017 and CEO in early 2018.
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Ira Robbins was a 30-something banker, on the rise at the only bank he ever worked for, New Jersey-based Valley National, when then-CEO Gerald Lipkin taught him a lesson he has never forgotten.

 

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