Ankana Carpenter
Head of Consumer Products Technology TD Bank and Founder at TD Bank and Mom Executives
Professional Training and Coaching
Education: RV College of Engineering - XLRI
New York, NY, USA
Biography
Ankana, a TEDx speaker, founder, and a corporate executive at a top 10 bank, is named as Power 100 by Diversity Woman, is the award winner from American Banker, and nominated for 15 under 40 by American Banker.
She has 20+ years of experience in corporate world, and now is the Head of Consumer Deposit Technology at Toronto Dominion Bank in US. She is also a founder of two businesses and owns 4 patents across US & EU. She is an advocate for women’s needs & rights, specifically working mothers. As the Executive Lead for the Women at TD US, she has the opportunity to lead 13000+ women, mentoring & coaching many, and lobbying for changes in policies that support working mothers.
Having worked in UK, Australia, US, Asia, Spain, Portugal, Ankana has experienced life out of a usual bubble, and learned to converge the best of different worlds. That's evident from her career.
She is a well-known thought leader in the industry & speaker inside and outside the bank on topics like Machine Learning, Diversity, Leadership development and Coaching. She firmly believes that “you cannot have it all, but you can certainly have what you want”.
Passion
She is an advocate for women’s needs & rights, specifically working mothers. As the Executive Lead for the Women at TD US, she has the opportunity to lead 13000+ women, mentoring & coaching many, and lobbying for changes in policies that support working mothers.
Best Story
Growing up in Libya has profoundly shaped who I am and how I navigate the world today. From very early on I was very comfortable with different accents, languages and ways of living. It was easy for me to adapt to the world while traveling the world for work. Having observed motherhood across different parts of the world, I am challenge the norms for working moms in the US, and give them the liberation and freedom from the traditions and constraints that limit their potential.
Origin Story
She became a mother almost 8 years ago, and was faced with the infamous dilemma - work or stay at home. Taking foot off the career seemed like the obvious and most senseful choice… She says "Many women feel obligated and a tremendous amount of guilt choosing career over motherhood."
While she respects the stay-at-home-moms who, she believes, have the toughest job, she put her masters from XLRI to work and zoomed in on her career. Since she became a mom she has been promoted 3 times, jumping one level, and grown her pay & benefits more than 3X.
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Best Story
Growing up in Libya has profoundly shaped who I am and how I navigate the world today. From very early on I was very comfortable with different accents, languages and ways of living. It was easy for me to adapt to the world while traveling the world for work. Having observed motherhood across different parts of the world, I am challenge the norms for working moms in the US, and give them the liberation and freedom from the traditions and constraints that limit their potential.
Origin Story
She became a mother almost 8 years ago, and was faced with the infamous dilemma - work or stay at home. Taking foot off the career seemed like the obvious and most senseful choice… She says "Many women feel obligated and a tremendous amount of guilt choosing career over motherhood."
While she respects the stay-at-home-moms who, she believes, have the toughest job, she put her masters from XLRI to work and zoomed in on her career. Since she became a mom she has been promoted 3 times, jumping one level, and grown her pay & benefits more than 3X.