Selma E. Fox, MBA
SVP & Director of Women Owned Businesses, Wachovia
Board of Directors

Selma is senior vice president in Wachovia's Business Banking Group where she is responsible for building a national strategy that will position Wachovia as the premier provider of financial services to women-owned businesses. Her responsibilities include developing sales and service approaches, marketing and communications programs to serve women entrepreneurs. She is also responsible for building partnerships with organizations focused on educating and serving women entrepreneurs. Her top priorities include building meaningful banking relationships and providing greater access to financial information, products and services for women business owners.

Selma joined Wachovia in 2004 from Transamerica Reinsurance where she served as vice president of marketing and strategic planning. In this role, she was responsible for creating and executing business-to-business marketing, advertising and communication strategies targeting large retail life insurance companies. She worked closely with account managers in developing sales and delivery strategies.

Before her work with Transamerica she was employed with Hoechst Celanese as director of strategic planning and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company as controller.

She holds an M.B.A. from the Babcock Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University and an undergraduate degree in accounting from North Carolina Central University.

Selma currently serves on the board of directors for Women Executives of Charlotte, national advisory board of Enterprising Women and the Women Presidents' Organization.