News: Rhode Island
Posted: April 8, 2009
Bank Rhode Island Personality Profiles-Burnett
Name: Kenneth Burnett
Title: SVP, Commercial Real Estate Department Manager
Company: Bank Rhode Island
Location: One Turks Head Place, Providence, RI
Place of Birth: Rhode Island, 1968
Family: Wife, Katrina; Daughter, Katarina; Dog, Alex
College: Bryant University, 1990
First job: Assets Based Lending Field Auditor
First Job in Banking: Commercial Real Estate Analysis
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future?: I currently manage BankRI's Commercial Real Estate team with a very large and diverse client portfolio. My responsibility is an important piece of BankRI's business. I'm hoping this experience, along with my other responsibilities, will give me the opportunity to advance my career and become a bank president.
Hobbies: Long-distance running, golf, landscaping
Favorite book: "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Favorite Movie: "The Bridge on the River Kwai"
Person you emulate: Lawrence Kudlow (MSNBC)
Key to Success: Extremely high personal expectations supported by continued effort
Another vocation?: Economist
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