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  • Most Powerful Women in Finance 2023
    The Most Powerful Women in Finance: No. 16, Kara McShane, Wells Fargo

    McShane has successfully navigated record-high inflation and the threat of a recession to seamlessly integrate Wells Fargo's CRE platform across all lending and capital markets products and services. 

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    By William Laurent
    September 27
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  • Most Powerful Women in Finance 2023
    The Most Powerful Women in Finance: No. 17, Anu Aiyengar, JPMorgan Chase

    Aiyengar manages a team of over 250 M&A bankers in 17 countries across the globe. She has been with JPMorgan since 1999.

    By Rebecca Stropoli
    September 27
    Anu Aiyengar WiB 2023
  • Most Powerful Women in Finance 2023
    The Most Powerful Women in Finance: No. 18, Ida Liu, Citigroup

    In addition to her work as global head of Citigroup's Citi Private Bank, Liu also co-leads the bank's Asian affinity network.

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    By Ingrid Case
    September 27
    Ida Liu WiB 2023
  • Most Powerful Women in Finance 2023
    The Most Powerful Women in Finance: No. 21, Samara Cohen, BlackRock

    Cohen serves as BlackRock's senior managing director and chief investment officer of ETF and index investments, leading a majority female team.

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    By William Laurent
    September 27
    Samara Cohen WiB 20223
  • Most Powerful Women in Finance 2023
    The Most Powerful Women in Finance: No. 23, Meghan Graper, Barclays

    Before her promotion to global co-head of debt capital markets, Graper headed Barclays's U.S. investment grade syndicate team for nearly a decade.

    By Matthew Blake
    September 27
    Meghan Graper WiB 2023
  • Most Powerful Women in Finance 2023
    The Most Powerful Women in Finance: No. 15, Gunjan Kedia, U.S. Bank

    Kedia is in charge of roughly half of Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank's total deposits and about half of the lender's average loan balances. Her team includes 11,100 employees.

    By Matthew Blake
    September 27
    Gunjan Kedia WiB 2023
  • Most Powerful Women to Watch 2023
    The Most Powerful Women to Watch: No. 1, Tasnim Ghiawadwala, Citigroup

    Ghiawadwala provides full-scale products and services to midsize companies across the globe. In 2022, that meant delivering "the right solution at the right time" to 14,000 enterprise businesses.

    By Dina Hampton
    Journalist
    September 27
    Tasnim Ghiawadwala WiB 2023
  • Most Powerful Women to Watch 2023
    The Most Powerful Women to Watch: No. 3, Aarthi Murali, M&T Bank

    Murali was hired in February 2020 as M&T's first-ever chief customer experience officer, a role that was recently expanded to include employee experience.

    By Joel Berg
    September 27
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  • Most Powerful Women to Watch 2023
    The Most Powerful Women to Watch: No. 6, Hope Dmuchowski, First Horizon Corp.

    Dmuchowski is the only female CFO of a large or mid-cap U.S. bank. When she joined First Horizon in late 2021 from Truist, women made up 60% of the executive management team.

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    By Kate Berry
    Reporter
    September 27
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  • Most Powerful Women to Watch 2023
    The Most Powerful Women to Watch: No. 7, Cassandra McKinney, Comerica Bank

    McKinney leads Comerica's retail line of business, directing strategy and execution for its consumer and small-business banking segments nationally, which generates $800 million in revenue.

    By Rebecca Stropoli
    September 27
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  • Most Powerful Women to Watch 2023
    The Most Powerful Women to Watch: No. 8, Kavita Mahtani, HSBC North America Holdings

    Mahtani has worked in the banking industry since 1996, with stints at Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and Citi.

    By Matthew Blake
    September 27
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  • Most Powerful Women to Watch 2023
    The Most Powerful Women to Watch: No. 9, Liz Wolverton, Synovus Financial Corp.

    Wolverton, who has been at Synovus since 2003, has made it a point to hire women to senior leadership positions, and the majority of her direct reports are women.

    By Matthew Blake
    September 27
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  • Most Powerful Women to Watch 2023
    The Most Powerful Women to Watch: No. 10, Ellen Patterson, Wells Fargo

    As general counsel, Patterson leads roughly 1,300 attorneys and legal professionals across the bank. She was formerly the general counsel at TD Bank Group. 

    Claire Williams, staff writer, American Banker
    By Claire Williams
    Reporter
    September 27
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  • Most Powerful Women to Watch 2023
    The Most Powerful Women to Watch: No. 14, Tanya Sanders, Wells Fargo

    Before being tapped as the head of Wells Fargo's auto division, Sanders was head of its auto transformation team.

    By Polo Rocha
    Staff Writer
    September 27
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  • Most Powerful Women to Watch 2023
    The Most Powerful Women to Watch: No. 16, Christina Mohr, Citigroup

    Throughout her distinguished 45-year career, Mohr's customer-centric philosophy has helped Citi's clients prosper even amid the worst of economic downturns.

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    By William Laurent
    September 27
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  • Most Powerful Women to Watch 2023
    The Most Powerful Women to Watch: No. 17, Kim-Thu Posnett, Goldman Sachs

    Posnett, who has led more than 400 major tech deals over the last 20 years, is turning her attention to enhancing TMT's global strategy.

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    By William Laurent
    September 27
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  • Most Powerful Women to Watch 2023
    The Most Powerful Women to Watch: No. 18, Krista Snelling, Santa Cruz County Bank

    As the CEO of the $1.73 billion asset bank, Snelling has made it her mission to build a team that offers a variety of experiences and viewpoints.

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    By Ingrid Case
    September 27
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  • Most Powerful Women to Watch 2023
    The Most Powerful Women to Watch: No. 20, Kristy Fercho, Wells Fargo

     In May, Fercho became full-time head of diverse segments, representation & inclusion, a division of Wells Fargo that was launched in 2020.

    By Matthew Blake
    September 27
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  • Most Powerful Women to Watch 2023
    The Most Powerful Women to Watch: No. 23, Kimberly Moore-Wright, Truist

     Along with being chief teammate officer, Moore-Wright helms enterprise diversity, which aims to bolster race and ethnic diversity in senior leadership.

    By Matthew Blake
    September 27
    Kimberly Moore-Wright
  • Most Powerful Women to Watch 2023
    The Most Powerful Women to Watch: No. 25, Wendy Cai-Lee, Piermont Bank

    When Cai-Lee founded Piermont in 2019, she became one of the few CEOs of a women-led bank and the first U.S. bank to be founded by a female from an underrepresented community.

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    By Jordan Stutts
    Reporter
    September 27
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23RD ANNUAL THE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN BANKING

Meet The Most Powerful Women in Banking 2025, our annual ranking of the executives at the pinnacle of the industry.

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