The Most Powerful Women in Banking

Zapparoli oversaw many of the highest-profile deals to hit the market last year, including multiple tech IPOs.

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Monaco realized that hundreds of her team's public sector clients around the globe would have to radically alter their operations.

Harford was quick to decide that UBS would embrace the flexible work arrangements made necessary by the pandemic as the dawn of a new era in how financial institutions do business.

Last year, Browning’s team constructed disruptive research that brings new metrics to the evaluation of economies, markets, strategies and asset classes.

While crypto and decentralized finance will likely not replace the traditional systems of banking and finance, the industry needs to get ahead of the curve, Chakar said.