Commercial banking

The youngest member of Goldman Sachs' management committee spent two decades climbing to the top of a male-dominated field — and took on some very tough assignments along the way.

Elinor Hoover's passion for helping women-run firms raise capital goes hand in hand with her mission to increase women's visibility within the upper ranks of Citi's management.

What if you have workplace flexibility policies and women, afraid to be seen as less committed than male peers, don't use them? Take a lesson from BMO Financial.

Bouazza has taken major steps to restructure the executive teams at HSBC’s offices in Latin America, identifying high-achieving bankers — many of them women — who had been previously overlooked for promotion to senior positions.

The way Charlotte McLaughlin sees it, grit is a little like exercise: You only get stronger with practice.

Even with more than 30 years of experience in banking, Julie Monaco still finds value in the advice a mentor passed on to her as a young, rising executive.

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

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.

Under Liz Myers, J.P. Morgan's capital markets group was the No. 1 underwriter for IPOs in the U.S. and Latin America last year. Now she has her sights set on China.

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.