The Most Powerful Women in Banking

Since becoming head of investment and corporate banking at Mizuho Americas, Katz has lead it through explosive growth in its M&A strategy and leveraged buyout practices.

As global co-head of mergers and acquisitions at J.P. Morgan, Aiyengar is the only woman and only person of color to hold such a position.

Mohr, the chairperson of the Fairness Opinion Committee, vets every fairness opinion originating in both Asia and the Americas, ensuring that M&A transactions are equitable for all.

In 2020, a year marked by deep economic crisis, Pedroso led her team to execute $16.9 billion of lending overall, up 9% from the previous year.

A year after McShane took over, the bank’s CRE operations posted a 5% increase in profits, despite the challenges of the pandemic.