Citi says its fired JPMorgan MD was just too "dogmatic" and inexperienced

efinancialcareers.com:

Why did Citi let go of Kathleen Martin in 2023? Citi says it fired her because she couldn't take feedback, couldn't build relationships, because she wasn't sufficiently innovative, didn't have enough experience for the role she was going for, and because she was «dogmatic.»

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Martin herself says she was let go because her boss, Citi COO Anand «Selva» Selvakesari punished her refusal to conceal the sorry state of Citi's data governance. 

Citi absolutely disagrees with what it says are Martin's «meritless accusations» against Selva. In a newly filed and comprehensive refutation of Martin's legal complaint against Citi, the bank says Martin was a long term underperformer and that it began discussing a development plan for her in early May 2023. Citi says this development plan was under consideration before Martin says she first engaged in a «protected activity» [whistleblowing].

In Citi's version of events, Martin had numerous personal failings. The bank says she was failing to live up to expectations as its interim data transformation chair. She, «lacked the ability to partner effectively with senior executives at Citi.» Martin, «was not viewed as a leader by the teams responsible for Data Transformation.» She didn't have, «a vision for driving change and standardizing process across Citi.» 

If this isn't damning enough, when Citi's board and executive management team initially interviewed Martin for the role of permanent data transformation chair in 2022, the bank says she was also found to have a «dogmatic nature,» to be deficient in innovation, and to suffer from a, «lack of experience driving the execution of complex change across Citi.» For this reason, the bank says