The Most Powerful Women in Banking

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.

Over the past year, State Street Corp. Chief Marketing Officer Hannah Grove has implemented a new “Follow the Sun” strategy for the marketing department, adding hires in Poland and India in an effort to cut costs that has yielded unexpected benefits.

Patricia Husic, president and CEO of Centric Financial, had her bank start offering self-defense training sessions for her workforce, roughly 60% of whom are women.

JPMorgan Chase General Counsel Stacey Friedman is working to make the bank’s legal department faster and more agile.