Hackley, proud of her Cuban heritage, has made a point of mentoring and recruiting Hispanic undergraduates and MBA students.

Braming revamped the company's recruiting process by instituting diverse candidate and interviewer slates and expanding scouting for prospects and interns.

Since becoming head of investment and corporate banking at Mizuho Americas, Katz has lead it through explosive growth in its M&A strategy and leveraged buyout practices.

As global co-head of mergers and acquisitions at J.P. Morgan, Aiyengar is the only woman and only person of color to hold such a position.

Mohr, the chairperson of the Fairness Opinion Committee, vets every fairness opinion originating in both Asia and the Americas, ensuring that M&A transactions are equitable for all.

The Federal Reserve is prepared to move “very vigorously” to crack down on banks that insist on making loans using the soon-to-be-defunct benchmark rate, Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles said.