Margaret M. Keane

Margaret Keane (born 1959) is an American businesswoman who was the chief executive officer of Synchrony from February 2014 through April 2021 when she transitioned to the role of executive chair of Synchrony’s board of directors. When Synchrony was spun off from General Electric as an independent bank, it became the most valuable bank in the US with a woman CEO. Keane is one of only three women, the others being Beth Mooney of KeyCorp and Jane Fraser of Citigroup, who lead an independently traded US bank whose value is over $10 billion. was to follow in his footsteps into law enforcement. All of Margaret's five siblings did just that, either themselves or marrying someone in law enforcement, but she decided instead to attend St. John's University in Queens, New York, where she earned a BA in government and politics in 1981 and her MBA in 1987.

In July 2014 GE Capital led Synchrony, a new independent company, which was now the largest private-label credit card provider in the US. With the launch of Synchrony Keane became one of only two women CEOs running US-owned, independent, publicly traded banks valued at over $10 billion. In 2012 her alma mater, St. John's University, honored her with the Alumni Outstanding Achievement Award.