Established in 1849, and publicly traded at the NYSE, Comerica is the largest bank headquartered in Texas, with over $69 billion in assets and over 9,000 employees. Comerica banks are located in 7 of the 11 largest U.S. cities and its major markets include Texas, California, Michigan, Florida and Arizona. They also benefit from international representation in Canada, Mexico, and South Korea.
Comerica is proud to have been ranked 5th best reputation in the United States by American Banker Magazine in 2014.
About Comerica Bank International Finance Department:
It is one of the few US Banks benefiting from a dedicated International Finance Department exclusively focused on Direct Foreign Investments in NAFTA countries. It has a strong 50 years + experience in international banking. At Comerica, the staff is composed by native speakers of various languages including Spanish, Italian, Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, etc.
The International Finance Department has a strong expertise and focuses primarily on Asian, European and Mexican companies in a variety of industries, from startups to large corporations.
Catherine Nguyen represents Comerica Bank at the FACC Los Angeles:
Catherine Nguyen is originally from Paris, France. She is a Vice President of the International Finance Group of Comerica Bank in Costa Mesa, California. She attended Cal State University of Fullerton and studied Finance and accounting.
She started her banking career working for Bank of America in 1997. She later was promoted and joined Bank of America Global Commercial Banking in their Business Banking division in 2004 where she became Vice President for the Business Banking Group. In 2012 she joined Comerica as Vice President of Business Banking and soon after was given the opportunity to join the International Finance Department as a Vice President of the International Finance Group where she serves the needs of US Subsidiaries of Foreign Corporations doing business in Southern California and of Asian and European Middle Market Companies.
She also sits on the board of the Vietnamese American Chamber of Commerce, which she co-chairs the International Trade division. She is also involved with the Los Angeles County Business Federation and sits on the International Trade committee. She speaks fluent French and Vietnamese.
