The Most Powerful Women in Banking
Honorees gathered at Tiffany's Landmark building in New York City, where American Banker interviewed them about the industry's trajectory and leadership lessons they've learned in their careers.
Schoneman oversees the international bank, which has annual net revenue of $1.5 billion, along with Piper Sandler's public finance, fixed income and equities businesses, as well as its technology, operations and marketing teams.
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When the bank needed to cut costs over the last year, it shied away from across-the-board layoffs, said Stewart, who has led Sound for more than three decades.
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Posnett climbed the ranks of Goldman through her positions as co-head of internet investment banking and co-chief operating officer of the tech, media and telecom group. Before her current role, she led global investment banking services.
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Penn Community Bank was created in 2015 with the merger of two banks, and Vidoni was CEO from the beginning.
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Fercho is the first Black woman executive to report to Wells Fargo's chief executive officer, and she partners with the CEOs of the five lines of business at Wells Fargo to implement DEI principles.
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Graper was promoted to her current role as managing director and global head of debt capital markets last year.
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