The Most Powerful Women in Banking

Knox has run the private bank since 2018. It is one of two units in Bank of America's private wealth and investment management division, along with Merrill Wealth Management.

 In perhaps the most high-profile deal Zapparoli advised upon, BofA Securities was joint bookrunner and global coordinator of Porsche's initial public offering last October.

JPMorgan appointed Heitsenrether as its first chief data and analytics officer in June, leading the adoption of artificial intelligence technologies across the bank's operations.

Pennington has been with Edward Jones since 2000. She has held such positions as financial advisor; principal, branch and region development and principal, client strategies group before being named managing partner.

McShane has successfully navigated record-high inflation and the threat of a recession to seamlessly integrate Wells Fargo's CRE platform across all lending and capital markets products and services.