The Most Powerful Women in Banking

 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.

Rodeheaver has been at the bank for more than 30 years. She started as a trust administrator, and 2004, she moved to the chief financial officer role, before becoming CEO in 2018.

Stewart's efforts to populate the C-suite with women have been successful: Three out of Sound's five-person C-suite are women, and a large portion of its retail management staff are women.