The Most Powerful Women in Banking

It is up to Mary Mack, a 33-year banking veteran, to convince front-line employees — along with customers and regulators — that Wells Fargo is a changed company.

Being in the forefront of change is nothing new for Michelle Neal, who leads BNY Mellon Markets.

In 2017, it's critical that large foreign-owned banks have finely tuned eyes and ears in Silicon Valley. At Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, the parent of MUFG Union Bank, those duties fall to Ranjana Clark.

As HSBC’s head of global corporate banking, investment banking and capital financing for Latin America, Bouazza is all about change, even when others may not have seen the need for it yet.

It took a lot of soul-searching, but BNP Paribas' Claudine Gallagher ultimately turned down a job with a rival custody bank last year because, she concluded, there's nothing quite like building a business from scratch.