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As Synovus Financial’s chief strategy officer, a job that includes responsibility for deciding how bank resources are allocated, Liz Wolverton often has to play the role of referee.

BMO Harris Bank has made significant strides in recent years attracting retail and small-business customers, and now it's up to Ernie Johannson to keep the momentum going.

As the chief auditor at Citigroup, McNiff leads the industry's largest auditing staff, with more than 1,800 employees scattered across dozens of countries where Citi does business.

Avid Modjtabai is drawing on a quarter-century of experience leading a broad range of business lines to accelerate innovation at Wells Fargo.

In 2017, Cundiff’s first full year as CEO, First State Bank of St. Charles earned a record $4.1 million, thanks primarily to strong loan growth, and the momentum has continued in 2018.

Debbie Crowder heads SunTrust Banks’ most high-profile business line — its branch network — and she takes seriously the position she is in to improve the lives of both employees and the customers and communities they serve.

MUFG Union Bank may not be the largest commercial lender in the western United States, but under the leadership of Bita Ardalan it is arguably among the most disruptive.

Citi FinTech, Citigroup's innovation lab, has on Piazza's watch continued to roll out groundbreaking technology.

HSBC’s Diane Reyes has spent much of the past year spreading this message to the roughly 10,000 employees she leads: Conduct counts.

Gunjan Kedia left a big job at State Street for an opportunity to have more direct impact on the lives of individual investors.

It’s a testament to Duck’s leadership skills that BB&T was able to revamp much of its tech infrastructure in the span of a year. It’s even more impressive that the bank hit its tech targets while its CIO was fighting the battle of her life.

As Monique Herena sees it, financial firms and investors are bypassing huge opportunities by failing to invest in industries that could increase economic opportunity for women across the globe.

Since taking over as president of personal banking at UMB Financial three years ago, Abraham has transformed the way the Kansas City, Mo., company delivers services to and interacts with its clients.

Patty Kellerhals has had her share of mentors and role models over the course of her 41-year banking career, but few have influenced Commerce Bank’s head of retail banking more than her own mother.

A promotion to CFO in March, which made Dukes the first woman to hold that job in the company's 127-year history, was in large part a recognition of a job exceptionally well done in her previous role as head of commercial and business banking.

For Rosilyn Houston, success at BBVA Compass centers on improving its workplace culture.

Outside of CEO Tim Sloan, Hope Hardison is the Wells Fargo executive who is most responsible for rebuilding the bank's damaged reputation.

A good leader leads by example. A great one gets down in the trenches with her team even as she is dealing with serious health issues and the demands of her job are pulling her in multiple directions. That was Paulette Mullings Bradnock in early 2017.

A companywide survey at First National Bank Alaska found that employees wanted more training and development. This is how the bank responded.

Jamie Dimon and Lloyd Blankfein remain prominent public figures, but many other crisis-era CEOs have kept low profiles over the past decade.