I met John at State Street in Quincy when we were both very early in our financial services careers. I loved his humor and kindness and valued his intelligence and ability to read people. When I joined Citi in 2011, one of my first actions was to tweak him via internal messaging…surprise! We kept in touch periodically albeit distantly as I am a telecommuter from Portsmouth, NH. One of my favorite recent memories is being on the phone with an executive in NYC and all of a sudden having a note from John pop up urging me to stop giving the man such a hard time. He happened to be sitting outside of that office, overheard the conversation, and couldn’t resist teasing me. He always made me smile. He was a good man and is missed!
My thoughts are with LIsa and Sarah and the entire Brophy family.
Regards,
Beth Hartnett
Chief of Staff Team, Securities Services Operations