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 Johannson led the successful integration of one of the largest U.S. banking acquisitions last year with the acquisition of Bank of the West.

Stewart took over as head of commercial banking three years ago as the country was coming out of the pandemic and several of the people on the commercial bank's leadership team were getting ready to retire.

As global chief information officer, Beer is responsible for the bank's global technology systems and infrastructure and manages a $17 billion budget. She oversees more than 63,000 technologists and has 18 direct reports.

Kerrins is leading efforts to simplify the technology used at the $1.9 trillion-asset Wells Fargo, including an investment in four new data centers.

Guild has seen the "complexity of attacks against the sector and our customers" rapidly increase for the more than three decades that she herself has been working at the intersection of banking and technology. 

Brady has worked to make Key's tech team more diverse, which she sees as crucial to fostering innovation and new ideas.

Nine years into her current position, Smith has shepherded multiple tech investments at Zions, including a 400,000-square-foot corporate campus in Midvale, Utah, devoted to technology.

Heitsenrether is in charge of the bank's new data and analytics unit, established to propel the bank's leap toward integrating generative artificial intelligence into its products and business model. 

Barker joined BNY in 2022 as global head of treasury services. In the first quarter of 2024, she started overseeing depositary receipts, a line of business that helps clients get listed on a stock exchange outside of their home country.

When LoCascio was tapped as COO in 2021, First Horizon became one of the few major regional banks to boast 60% of its executive management roles were filled by women.

Crespi joined Comerica in 2020 as chief technology and operations officer with the goal of leading the Dallas-based bank's embrace of a more-digital future.

As global head of Citigroup's commercial bank, Ghiawadwala's job is to develop and execute a growth strategy for global commercial banking

Patterson, general counsel for Wells Fargo, joined the bank in 2020 and works to improve the bank's risk and control standards.

Richard oversees a budget of $1.1 billion and manages a team of 5,000 employees globally at U.S. Bank.

In 2023, Castilla launched Roger, a digital bank for unbanked members of the military. One year later, Roger has opened deposit accounts for about 1,000 service members and their families.

Chayt started at Cincinnati-based Fifth Third as director of wholesale payments in 2016, after almost 19 years at Comerica leading its treasury management and business deposit services.

Erdoes, CEO of asset and wealth management, leads more than 30,000 employees with 15 direct reports and helps manage the bank's $5.4 trillion in client assets.

By the end of 2023, Fidelity served 43.2 million workplace participant accounts, 38.7 million retail accounts and 8.7 million wealth management firm accounts using its clearing and custody platform.

Duckett, president and CEO at TIAA, regularly calls attention to the fact that more than 40% of Americans don't have enough savings to retire, and the percentage is even worse for women and minority groups.

In January, Johnson launched the Franklin Bitcoin ETF, which seeks to reflect the performance of the price of bitcoin.