In her daily duties at BNY, Smits, who is originally from the Netherlands and now based in Britain, leads the bank's seven investment firms which have a combined $2 trillion in assets.

Milrod has led the bank's foray into digital finance and its efforts to become more product-driven.

Martin manages NYSE's five equity exchanges — NYSE, NYSE Arca, NYSE American, NYSE National and NYSE Chicago — plus its two options exchanges, NYSE Arca Options and NYSE American Options. 

As managing partner at Edward Jones, Pennington's in charge of 8 million clients, more than 19,500 financial advisors and $2.1 trillion assets under management.

Knox leads more than 4,500 professionals at Bank of America Private Bank, which generates $3.6 billion in annual revenue and has $640 billion in client balances from high-net-worth individuals, families and institutions. 

Yeshaya leads a team of 3,600 employees managing the financial resources of a firm that has swelled to $1.2 trillion in assets following landmark growth in wealth management.

Under McShane's guidance, Wells Fargo became No. 1 in real estate investment banking for the first time, achieving a market share of 15.2%.

As global head of advisory, Aiyengar directs M&A and also leads the corporate advisory and sustainable solutions and director advisory services lines of business.

The private bank, which Liu leads, is one of three areas of wealth management, which, in turn, is one of five business lines Citi CEO Jane Fraser is focusing on for future growth and profits.

Marrs leads the company's second-largest business by revenue that accounts for about 25% of American Express' total revenue.

On November 1, Cheung is slated to become president and CEO of S&P Global. She is succeeding Doug Peterson, who has been CEO since 2013.

Cohen manages $6.6 trillion in assets, and her team of more than 380 professionals advises more than 120 million investors in 67 countries.

At Goldman, Minnis oversees teams worldwide that advise corporate and sponsor clients on their credit, acquisition and other financial decisions.

As head of investment and corporate banking of Mizuho Americas, Katz leads nearly 1,000 employees in the investment banking division, including U.S., European and Asian operations.

As senior executive vice president and chief institutional client officer at TIAA, Gibson oversees the company's core retirement business.

In 2021, El-Hillow left Goldman Sachs to lead the Seattle-based private company's entire investment division.

Executives from JPMorgan Chase, TD, U.S. Bank, M&T and other banks will gather to discuss how they serve small-business clients, what those customers want now and what they expect in 2025 and beyond.

The successor to Michael Hutchins, who filled the role on an interim basis, guided a well-known bank's real estate business through the financial crisis.

The $5,000 scholarship from American Banker and Discover is for high school seniors in New York City who are the first generation in their family to attend college. The deadline to apply is May 8, 2024.

Aarthi Murali, M&T's chief customer experience officer, is now in charge of employee experience as well. Murali said she is focused on the "human experience" at all levels.