Kerry White, Citigroup | Next 2024
As a managing director within Citi Investment Management, a division that sits within wealth, White is playing an integral part in reshaping that line of business.
Natalie Wech, M&T Bank | Next 2024
Wech worked her way up over the past 16 years from a trainee through the retail division, becoming a branch manager, the manager of multiple locations, a team leader and now a regional head for business banking.
Willette Shalishali, Synovus | Next 2024
Shalishali joined the $59.7 billion-asset bank through an early talent program, which exposed her to different aspects of banking. She ended up starting off as a credit analyst before taking on other roles, such as a private wealth advisor and a commercial banker.
Jessica Payne, The Raine Group | Next 2024
The biggest initial public offering of 2023 — chipmaker ARM’s September debut on Nasdaq, which valued the U.K.-based company at $54.5 billion — marked a memorable day for investment banker Jessica Payne, who advised ARM’s Japanese owner, Softbank, on the deal.
Mallory Niemczyk, Ally Financial | Next 2024
With 16 years at the company, Niemczyk is an Ally lifer. She is currently a senior director of invest and deposits business operations and analytics at the bank.
Majdouline Melhaoui, BNP Paribas | Next 2024
Melhaoui leads a team of 11 and is responsible for overseeing the bank’s liquidity and interest rate risk for the U.S, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina.
Jo Jagadish, TD Bank | Next 2024
Jagadish leads strategy and execution of digital and mobile capabilities for all customer-facing digital platforms for TD Bank in the U.S., as well as commercial bank products and services.
Natalie Flanders, First Horizon Bank | Next 2024
Flanders started her banking career at First Horizon as an intern. She worked in the bank’s treasury division for eight years and is now its investor relations officer.
Shayna Arrington, Servbank | Next 2024
Arrington, who has an MBA and a law degree with a concentration in financial transactions, is the chief risk officer for the $753 million-asset bank.
The Most Powerful Women in Banking: Next 2024
Each year, in advance of our Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance awards, American Banker puts together a list of 15 women who are rising stars at their banks. The honorees, all women 40 years old and younger, are nominated by an executive at their institution who believes that she has the potential to […]