The Most Powerful Women in Banking
The 2020 honorees presented here are ordered differently than in past years. In this unprecedented year, we took an unprecedented — and temporary — break from our traditional ranking. Below are this year’s Most Powerful Women in Banking grouped according to their roles and listed alphabetically within those categories.
Twenty of this year’s honorees were among our 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking in 2019, while four — Citizens Bank of Edmond’s Jill Castilla, City National Bank’s Kelly Coffey and JPMorgan Chase’s Lori Beer and Jennifer Piepszak — are former Most Powerful Women to Watch making their debuts here. Returning to the list after a one-year absence is Marianne Lake, the former chief financial officer at JPMorgan Chase who is now the CEO of consumer lending.
Perhaps not surprisingly, JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank, has the most number of women on this year’s list, with a total of five. The others are Thasunda Brown Duckett, the CEO of consumer banking, and Stacey Friedman, the bank’s general counsel. Bank of America and Huntington Bancshares have the second-most, with two each. Scroll through to see the full list of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking for 2020.
Also be sure to check out:
Diane Reyes
HSBC
Read her full profile.
Ernie Johannson
BMO Financial Group
Read her full profile.
Karen Larrimer
PNC Financial Services Group
Read her full profile.
Diane Morais
Ally Financial
Read her full profile.
Sandy Pierce
Huntington Bancshares
Read her full profile.
… And now moving on to the Hall of Fame
Chief Operations and Technology Officer
Bank of America
After three years atop the Most Powerful Women in Banking list, Cathy Bessant has now become the second inductee into our Hall of Fame.
The only other Most Powerful Woman honoree to have earned this distinction is Beth Mooney, who retired as the chairman and chief executive of KeyCorp this spring.
We created the Hall of Fame for Mooney, with the idea that going forward those who ranked as the No. 1 Most Powerful Woman in Banking for three consecutive years would become eligible.
Bessant and Mooney will be joining us for a conversation during the virtual celebration for the Most Powerful Women. All are welcome to register for the event.
Read Bessant’s profiles as the No. 1 Most Powerful Woman here:
2019
2018