Investments

Michaela Ludbrook joined Deutsche Bank in 2014 and has risen to lead both its global securities services business and its global transaction bank in the Americas.

When HSBC announced 16 appointments amid changes to top management in April, Bouazza, who previously co-led the bank's Latin American business, was the lone woman selected.

Hung is championing a new initiative at New York Life to help financial advisers better engage with female clients.

Seitz is using her influence as CEO of one of the world's leading money managers to call attention to the $70 trillion retirement gap that she said could grow to $400 billion by 2050 if her industry doesn't address it.

Nandita Bakhshi, CEO of Bank of the West, has pushed the bank's environmental commitments further, including $1 billion in clean energy financing over the next five years.

The leadership skills of Claudine Gallagher, the head of securities services for the Americas for BNP Paribas, have been tested to an unusual degree over the past 18 months.

The retirement and investment group Grace runs for Aon is the global firm's second-largest business unit, wit more than $150 billion of assets under management.

Harford was recently promoted to president of UBS Asset Management after a two-year stint as head of investments.

The wealth management and investment services group Kedia leads grew profits by nearly 25% last year and accounted for 13% of U.S. Bancorp's total revenues.

The research division Browning has built at Bank of America Merrill Lynch is consistently ranked among the best in the world.