Markets Media Group is pleased to present the finalists for the 2021 U.S. Women in Finance Awards.
Award nominations were especially strong and deep this year, which is reflected in our list.
The seventh-annual program will be held virtually on Thursday, November 18, at 4:30 pm New York time.
As per usual, last year’s Women in Finance Award winners were a distinguished group, including Nancy Reyda of BNY Mellon for Positive Impact; Mariam Osman of BlackRock for Individual Achievement; Sylvia Yeh of Goldman Sachs Asset Management for Crystal Ladder; Cheryl Nash of Tegra118 for CEO of the Year; and Lucille Protas of MacKay Shields for Lifetime Achievement.
Click here for more information on Markets Media Group awards, which include the Markets Choice Awards, Women in Finance Asia Awards, European Markets Choice Awards, and European Women in Finance Awards.
| Priscila | Acerbi | Senior Compliance Officer / Program Manager | Virtu Financial |
| Deeptha | Anand | Senior Quantitative Advisor - Director | Societe Generale |
| Orly | Avidan | Managing Director, Head of Global Equities Distribution, BofA Securities | Bank of America |
| Loreta | Bahtchevanova | Marketing Manager | Glue42 |
| Jaime | Beckel | Senior Director, Sales | FactSet |
| Meytal | Benichou | US Head of Cross-Asset Prime Brokerage | Societe Generale |
| Rachel | Betton | SVP, Portfolio Manager - Municipal Bonds | PIMCO |
| Hayley Renee | Boesky | Managing Director, Executive Vice Chairman, Global Corporate & Investment Banking, BofA Securities | Bank of America |
| Mariko | Boswell | EVP, Institutional Client Management | PIMCO |
| Sarah | Bratton Hughes | Head of Sustainability, North America | Schroders |
| Rosanna | Bruni | Senior Director, Trading | PSP Investments |
| Kate | Burke | Chief Operating Officer and Head of Private Wealth | AllianceBernstein |
| Naadia | Burrows | Chief Diversity Officer | Broadridge |
| Amanda | Cain | Managing Director - Head of Agency Commodities Americas | Societe Generale |
| Libby | Cantrill | MD, Head of Public Policy | PIMCO |
| Mary | Chan | Vice President, Finance | Symphony |
| Erika | Charnley | Business Development, Equities and FX | Virtu Financial |
| Laura | Chepucavage | Managing Director, Head of Global Financing & Futures, BofA Securities | Bank of America |
| Barbara | Clancy | EVP, Institutional Client Management - Head of Latin American and Caribbean | PIMCO |
| Katie | Cleland | Managing Director, Global Head of the Client Facing Middle Office | Societe Generale |
| Nadia | Cobalovic | Co-Chief Operating Officer at Northern Trust Hedge Fund Services | Northern Trust |
| Titi | Cole | Head of Global Operations and Fraud Prevention & Chief Client Officer, Global Consumer Banking | Citi |
| Margot | Connolly | Director | Bank of Montreal Capital Markets |
| Natasha | Dadlani | MD Head of Insurance Sales Global Markets Americas | Societe Generale |
| Margaret | Dellafera | Managing Director, Securitized Product Finance, Mortgage Finance | Credit Suisse |
| Amelie | Derosne | Senior Trader - VP | Societe Generale |
| Dina | DiLorenzo | Co-President | Guggenheim Investments |
| Michelle | Dufault | Managing Director, Americas Head Prime Services RIsk | Societe Generale |
| Chinwe | Estimai | Managing Director and Chief Anti-Bribery Officer | Citi |
| Kimberly | Evans | North America Head of Private Capital Fund Services at Northern Trust | Northern Trust |
| Dina | Faenson | Managing Director, Head of Rates and Currencies XVA | Citi |
| Wendy | Farina | Head of Quantitative Survey Group | MKM Partners |
| Sarah | Fass | Chief Human Resources Officer | Bridgewater Associates |
| Keisha | Flint | Director, Head of Equity Derivatives Flow Sales, Americas | Societe Generale |
| Jill | Ford | Head of Equity Syndicate Desk, Americas | Credit Suisse |
| Kelly | Fryer | Executive Director | FinTech Sandbox |
| Stefanie | Gallagher | Managing Director, Equity Capital Markets | Credit Suisse |
| Jane | Gavronsky | Chief Technology Officer | FINOS |
| Laura | Gensheimer | Director - Sr Project Manager | Societe Generale |
| Ilisa | Gruber | Senior Sales & Relationship Manager | Luminex Trading |
| Xinwei “Julia” | Gu | Vice President, Prime Services Risk Advisor | Societe Generale |
| Pam | Habner | CEO, U.S. Branded Cards and Lending | Citi |
| Nancy | Harrington Jones | Managing Director - Chief Culture & Conduct Officer for the Americas | Societe Generale |
| Brenda | Hoffman | SVP & Head of Technology | Nasdaq |
| Linda | Hsu | Managing Director and Global COO, Credit | Credit Suisse |
| Akiko | Imai | Global Head of New Sales | Virtu Financial |
| Jodi | Irwin | Managing Director, Head of US IG Trading | JP Morgan |
| Rutuja | Jagtap | Vice President | Mizuho Americas |
| Aditi | Javeri Gokhale | Chief Commercial Officer & President of Investment Products and Services | Northwestern Mutual |
| Cynthia | Jay | Managing Director, Head of Loan Capital Markets and Sales, Americas | Societe Generale |
| Joanna | Jin | Global Chief of Staff, Consumer and Wealth Management | Goldman Sachs |
| Susan | Joyce | Head of Fixed Income Market Structure | AllianceBernstein |
| Jo-Anne | Kelly | Managing Director and Global Head of Employment Law | Citi |
| Laura | Klimpel | General Manager of DTCC’s Fixed Income Clearing Corporation (FICC) and Head of SIFMU Business Development | DTCC |
| Ashley | Kryshtalsky | Product Sales, Workflow Technology | Virtu Financial |
| Marisa | Kurk | Chief Strategy Officer at Northern Trust Global Foreign Exchange | Northern Trust |
| Crystal | Lalime | Managing Director and General Counsel, Credit Suisse Investment Bank and U.S. Intermediate Holding Company (IHC) | Credit Suisse |
| Anushree | Laturkar | Head of Analytics Sales & Execution Consulting | Instinet |
| Seyi | Lawal | Business Manager, Global Quantitative Strategies | Citadel |
| Cindy | Lee | Deputy CFO | Virtu Financial |
| Cindy | Lee | Senior Marketing Communications Specialist | William O’Neil + Co. |
| Christine | Lee | Hedge Fund Sales, US | Liquidnet |
| Tara | Leyden | Global Head of Marketing | Virtu Financial |
| Laine | Litman | Head of FX and FI | Virtu Financial |
| Binghang | Liu | Quantitative Advisor - VP | Societe Generale |
| Shirley | Liu | Managing Director, Head of Derivatives Risk Solutions Americas | Mizuho Americas |
| Angela | Lively | Managing Director, Rates Sales Team Leader, Banks, Insurance and Asset Managers | Societe Generale |
| Laura | London | Vice President, Internal Communications and Media Relations | Mizuho Americas |
| Angela | Lucas | Chief Compliance Officer | Simplex Trading |
| Michelle | Luft | Senior Director, Operations | FactSet |
| Saira | Malik | CIO, Head of Global Equities | Nuveen |
| Rashmi | Maniyar | Global Head of Virtu Execution Services Tech/DevOps | Virtu Financial |
| Erica | Marquez Avitia | Chief Operating Officer | Old Mission Capital |
| Jenny | Mastrangelo | Senior Trader | Eaton Vance |
| Julienna | Materin | Director, Senior Sales Trader and Supervisor, Americas Algorithmic Equities Trading | Credit Suisse |
| Lia | Mathisen | Chief Compliance Officer Canada | Virtu Financial |
| Sarah-Jane | McColl | VP of Operations | Beacon Platform |
| Brandee | McHale | Head of Community Investing & Development and President of Citi Foundation | Citi |
| Mary | McNiff | Chief Compliance Officer | Citi |
| Vinisha | Minocha | Senior execution consultant on the Global Execution and Quantitative Services team | Liquidnet |
| Kristi | Mitchem | Chief Executive Officer | BMO Asset Management |
| Laura | Morrison | Senior Vice President, Global Head of Listings | Cboe Global Markets |
| Kate | Moore | Head of Thematic Strategy, Global Allocation Fund | BlackRock |
| Carolyne | Munhoz | Senior Client Relationship Manager | Societe Generale |
| Dorothee | Nagy Ep Bucquet | Director Risk Project Officer | Societe Generale |
| Lorraine | Napolitano | Global Tax Director | Virtu Financial |
| Elizabeth | Nieves | Managing Director, Global Co-Head Counterparty Portfolio Management, BofA Securities | Bank of America |
| Marina | Onischenko | Client Support Manager | InfoReach |
| Bola | Oyesanya | Managing Director | Citi Private Bank |
| Lea | Palumbo | Managing Director, Dealerweb and Co-Head of Sales and Client Management | Tradeweb |
| Courtney | Panik | HR Leader and Business Partner | Symphony |
| Darlene | Pasquill | Managing Director, Head of Americas Equities | Mizuho Americas |
| Nina | Perry | Director Head, Data Quality, SG Americas | Societe Generale |
| Jennifer | Pyrka | Senior Salesperson, Advanced Execution Services (AES) Sales Team, Americas Cash Equities | Credit Suisse |
| Reena | Raichura | Head of Product Solutions (FS) & Customer Success | Glue42 |
| Angie | Redell | Senior Business Intel Analyst | Apex Fintech Solutions |
| Margaret | Reid | Senior Portfolio Manager | The Private Bank at Union Bank |
| Alexis | Rosenblum | Chief Corporate Sustainability Officer | BlackRock |
| Asli | Rustemli | Managing Director, Head of Central Funding, BofA Securities | Bank of America |
| Lindsay | Ryan | Director - ESG Program Manager, Global Markets Americas | Societe Generale |
| Della | Sabessar | Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) | Credit Suisse |
| Elaine | Sam | Managing Director, Head of Equity Derivatives and Cross Asset Sales, Americas | Credit Suisse |
| Krapi | Shah | Assistant Vice President for Data Platform Technology at Tradeweb | Tradeweb |
| Carolyn | Shirian | Vice President, Americas Lead for Digital and Client Engagement | Credit Suisse Asset Management |
| Nomita | Singh | Managing Director, U.S. Chief Operating Officer & Head of U.S. Regulatory Affairs | Credit Suisse |
| Harlin | Singh Urofsky | Global Head of Sustainable Investing, Citi Global Wealth Investments | Citi |
| Brenda | Sklar | Chief Operating Officer | Legal & General Investment Management |
| Jennifer | Skrapits | Head of People | Beacon Platform |
| Judy | Smith | Head of Americas Bridge Finance & Managing Director, Capital Markets & Advisory’s Transaction Execution Group | Credit Suisse |
| Val | Smith | Chief Sustainability Officer | Citi |
| Cathy | Stahl | MD, Global Head of Marketing | PIMCO |
| Stephanie | Sze | Managing Director, Investment Banking and Global Head of Sell-Side M&A | Credit Suisse |
| Carly | Tripp | Global Chief Investment Officer and Head of Nuveen Real Estate Investments | Nuveen |
| Emily | Turner | Head of Business Development, ICG | Citi |
| Lorraine | Twomley | Managing Director - Chief HR Officer for the Americas | Societe Generale |
| Michele | Ushkowitz | MD Head of Operational Risks | Societe Generale |
| Sandra | Vedadi | Trader | BlackRock |
| Brenda | Warkow | SVP, US Global Wealth Management/Business Development | PIMCO |
| Sara | Wechter | Global Head of Human Resources | Citi |
| Amy | West | Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Finance & Corporate Transitions | TD Securities |
| Wendy | Wong | Managing Director, Head of Enterprise and Strategic Partnerships | New York Life Investments |
| Becky | Wood | President and CEO | FEG Investment Advisors |
| Mandy | Xu | Head of Equity Derivatives Strategy | Credit Suisse |
| Amy | Yang | Quantitative Portfolio Analyst | AllianceBernstein |
| Yi | Yi | Senior US Treasuries Trader | Citadel Securities |
| Nadia | Zakir | EVP, Global Head of Compliance and Chief Compliance Officer | PIMCO |
Please note: the Women in Finance Awards finalists is a snapshot of where we are in the process. Not being listed does not preclude consideration for an award.
