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Indonesian-American businessperson

Julia Suryapranata Gouw is former president, chief operating officer[1][2] and a member of the board of directors of East West Bancorp, Inc. and East West Bank. [3]She originally joined East West Bank in 1989 as controller and became executive vice president and chief financial officer from 1994 to 2008. [4]

She was born in Surabaya, Indonesia. Her father was originally from Bali, and her mother was from Banjarmasin. Gouw spend 18 years of her life in Surabaya with her family. Gouw graduated from SMA Santa Maria Surabaya, and soon after she graduated high school she moved to the United States in 1978 where she earned a bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She Married Ken Keng-Hok Gouw, June 1, 1981.[5]

Gouw served as Senior Audit Manager at KPMG where she managed a team of accountants that performed the financial and regulatory audits of financial institutions, real estate firms, and construction companies.[6][7]

Gouw first joined East West Bank in 1989 as controller. Shortly thereafter, Gouw was appointed executive vice president and chief financial officer. She held this position until 2008, after which she became chief risk officer. Gouw was then appointed president and chief operating officer in 2009[8] until her retirement from East West Bank in March 2016.[9]

Board activity and awards

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Gouw has been ranked among the "25 Most Powerful Women in Banking" five times by American Banker Magazine [10][11] and has twice received the Los Angeles Business Journal's "Women Making a Difference" award.[_citation needed_] She has also been recognized in Los Angeles Business Journal's "L.A.'s Top Women in Finance". Gouw has been named Philanthropist of the Year by the National Association of Women Business Owners in Los Angeles. She has also been featured in the book Women Leaders at Work – Untold Tales of Women Achieving Their Ambitions[12] alongside a select group of women founders and CEOs.

Corporate board activity

• Board of directors of East West Bancorp, Inc. and East West Bank (20O4 – 2016) [13]
• Board of directors of Pacific Mutual Holding Company and Pacific Life Corp.[14][15] (2011–present)

Nonprofit board and committee activity [_citation needed_]

• Board of visitors – UCLA School of Medicine (1997–2012)
• Carter Center – Ambassador Circle (2000)
• Board of overseers – Los Angeles Philharmonic (2001–present)
• United Way's Major Gift Advisory Council (2002–2003)
• Board of directors – Huntington Hospital (2003–2008)
• Board of trustees – Saint John's Health Foundation (2003 – present)
• Executive women's advisory board, UCLA Iris Cantor Women's Health (2004 – present)
• Board of directors – The UCLA Foundation (2006–2013)
• Board of directors – John Wayne Cancer Institute (2007–2012)
• Board of directors – California Bankers Association (2011 – present)
• Economic Development Task Force – City of Pasadena (2012)
• Board of overseers – UCLA Health System[16] (2013–present)

Awards and recognitions[_citation needed_]

• 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking – American Banker Magazine (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011)
• Philanthropist of the Year – National Association of Women Business Owners, Los Angeles (NAWBO- LA) in partnership with United Way's Women Leaders (2003) [17]
• Philanthropist of the Year, Women Making a Difference – Los Angeles Business Journal (2003, 2008) [18]
• Top 10 CFOs in Banking – American Banker [19] (2006)
• Best CFO's in America – Institutional Investor magazine (2006, 2007)
• 25 Women to Watch – American Banker Magazine [20] (2010)
• L.A.'s Top Women in Finance, Los Angeles Business Journal (2012)
• Featured in Women Leaders at Work – Untold Tales of Women Achieving Their Ambitions, by Elizabeth Ghaffari

Women's health advocacy

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Gouw served on the board of visitors of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, where she established an endowed chair for mood disorders research. She also served on the board of directors of The UCLA Foundation [5]and is the founding chair of the executive women's advisory board for the Iris Cantor-UCLA Women's Health Center.[21]

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2. ^ "Indonesian Contributions: DID YOU KNOW? – International Focus Magazine".
3. ^ "5 Fakta Julia Gouw, Bankir Sukses AS Asal Surabaya yang Sepanggung dengan Sri Mulyani, No 4 Keren!". Tribunjatim.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2024-12-13.
4. ^ "Asian Women Empowered: Board Breakthrough | Asia Society". asiasociety.org. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
5. ^ a b "Julia and Ken Gouw Undergraduate Scholarship for Study Abroad in Indonesia". international.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
6. ^ "Article .::. UCLA International Institute". www.international.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
7. ^ "Julia Gouw | ECMC Foundation". www.ecmcfoundation.org. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
8. ^ "Navigating Directions at East West Bank". Los Angeles Business Journal. 19 February 2012.
9. ^ "Julia Gouw Shares Why Women Lack Confidence". Wedu. 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
10. ^ "The 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking", American Banker,
11. ^ Rachel Witkowski, "The 25 Women to Watch #24 Julia Gouw", American Banker, OCT 1, 2010
12. ^ "Women Leaders at Work"
13. ^ "Julia Gouw". Piermont Bank.
14. ^ "Julia S. Gouw Elected to the Boards of Pacific Mutual Holding Company and Pacific LifeCorp", Business Wire, January 03, 2011
15. ^ "Julia S. Gouw Elected to the Boards of Pacific Mutual Holding Company and Pacific LifeCorp", Reuters, Jan 3, 2011
16. ^ "Supporting the Female Ecosystem" Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, Board Circle,
17. ^ "East West Bancorp, Inc. Appoints Thomas J. Tolda as Chief Financial Officer and Julia S. Gouw as Vice Chairman, Chief Risk Officer", Businesswire, April 15, 2008
18. ^ Women Leaders at Work: Untold Tales of Women Achieving Their Ambitions, By Elizabeth Ghaffari
19. ^ "Strategy And Insight: The Top 10 CFOs" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, American Banker,
20. ^ Rachel Witkowski, "The 25 Women to Watch #24 Julia Gouw", American Banker, OCT 1, 2010
21. ^ "Julia S. Gouw". AABDC. 2023-09-10. Retrieved 2024-11-29.