Valerie Soranno Keating
Value Creation Team Member
Valerie (Val) Soranno Keating was named as an Advisor to Lovell Minnick in 2020, having worked with our team for several years as the Executive Chairman of Engage People. Val is a global CEO with 30+ years of experience across multiple industry segments including financial services, consumer, B2B, and digital industries. She also has over fifteen years of board service in public and private organizations.
Val is best known for breathing new life into iconic brands facing extraordinary market challenges, being a disruptive thinker, inspiring leaders and building dynamic teams. She and her teams have led market breakthroughs resulting in industry-high growth rates for several Fortune 250 businesses.
Most recently, as the CEO of Barclaycard, Val oversaw a portfolio of $60B in assets with over 30 million customers and 11,000 employees spanning the U.S., Europe, and Africa. During her six years in this role, the Barclaycard business tripled in size, expanded into new channels and products and achieved record returns. Val was also a member of the Group Operational Risk & Control Committee and the Asset & Liability Management Committee.
Prior to Barclaycard, Val spent sixteen years at American Express where she was a member of the Global Management Committee and led multiple business units.
Val’s prior board involvements include serving as Director and Executive Committee Member, Visa Europe; Chairman of the Board, Barclays Bank of Delaware; Director, Junior Achievement International; as well several boards of corporate joint ventures. Val is currently Director and Chairman of the Compliance Committee, One Main Holdings, Inc.; Director, Member of the Audit Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee, CPI Card Group; and Executive Chairman, Board of Directors for Engage People Inc.
Val has been recognized as one of The Most Influential Women In Payments by PaymentSource, Most Influential Corporate Board Directors by WomenInc., Top 3 among OUTstanding Executive Allies, #4 among the Most Powerful Women In Finance by American Banker, and Top 40 Executives Under 40 by Crain’s Business NY.
Value Creation Team Members are independent contractors that are advisors to Lovell Minnick and portfolio companies of Lovell Minnick. They are not employees of Lovell Minnick entities.