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Traders Magazine, under the leadership of the late and highly respected publisher Ken Heath, started recognizing talented and accomplished women in finance in 2011. Called Wall Street Women, the second annual program was the cover of the November 2012 Traders Magazine, with the article cleverly headlined “No Limit Up”.
From the article:
“Investment banks, trading firms and exchanges have been dominated by men. But for the second year in a row, Traders Magazine is showing that this need not be so. Indeed, women are having increasing impact, as the ‘2012 Wall Street Women: A Celebration of Excellence’ program shows.
There is, for instance, Sheri Kaiserman, head of equities at Wedbush Securities. She leads more than 130 professionals in equity research, sales and trading. She has increased revenue twentyfold in areas she’s responsible for. She has made Wedbush famous for its Best Ideas List, which focuses on a list of 10 to 20 names that are worth attention. And she’s not afraid to call a shot, like Apple hitting $800 a share because iPads are just starting to arrive in China.”
Award winners from that 2012 program included Goldman Sachs, for Diversity Achievement; Kaiserman for Excellence in Leadership; and Peggie Bowie of Manulife Asset Management and Nancy McLaughlin of Convergex each for Lifetime Achievement.
Traders Magazine was bought by Markets Media Group in 2016, and the TM Wall Street Women program was folded into MMG’s own nascent and fast-growing Women in Finance Awards franchise, which has since gone global, with events in London and Hong Kong.
Continuing the tradition of recognizing and celebrating the best of the best women in finance, Markets Media’s sixth annual Women in Finance (U.S.) Awards were announced just yesterday. Congratulations to the winners! Click here to view a replay of the event.
EXCELLENCE IN FINTECH
Margo Smith Mumma, Co-Head Sales, Dealerweb – Tradeweb
EXCELLENCE IN FINTECH
Sashi Dias Valtz, Global Head of Client Strategy, Symphony
EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP
Radhika Venkatraman, Managing Director and Head of Data and Technology for the Investment Bank, Risk and Compliance and Credit Suisse Holdings (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse
CRYSTAL LADDER
Sylvia Yeh, Co-Head of Municipal Fixed Income, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
TRAILBLAZER
Lynn Bishop, Managing Director & Chief Information Officer, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT
Mariam Osman, Director, Head of Global Investment Operations Services (GIOS), BlackRock
EXCELLENCE IN COUNSEL
Beverly Prewitt, Director – Senior Counsel, Societe Generale
EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP | HEDGE FUNDS
Tracy Caliendo, Managing Director, Bank of America
EXCELLENCE IN COMPLIANCE
Marjan Quadir, NAM Head of Markets and Securities Services Compliance, Citi
EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Allison Scott, Head of External Communications, New York Life Investment Management
EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Amy Leith, Senior Vice President, Bank of America
EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Liza Horowitz, Head, Marketing and Communications, Beacon Platform
EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Mitra Roknabadi, Vice President: Global Head of Marketing, OpenFin
EXCELLENCE IN ETFs
Kelly Brennan, Head of ETF, Citadel Securities
EXCELLENCE IN MARKET STRUCTURE
Kim Russell, VP, Market Structure Specialist, State Street Global Advisors
EXCELLENCE IN DATA
Maurisa Baumann, Global Head of Desktop Sales, ICE Data Services
EXCELLENCE IN TRADING
Kamila Almeida, Director, Citi
EXCELLENCE IN TRADING PLATFORM
Akshata Puri, US Head of ATS Venues, Virtu Financial
EXCELLENCE IN HUMAN RESOURCES
Liz Ceisler, Deputy Chief Human Resources Officer, Mizuho Americas
EXCELLENCE IN CORPORATE CULTURE STRATEGY
Sophia Wajnert, Managing Director, Head of Credit Suisse Raleigh, Global Investment Banking Culture, Credit Suisse
EXCELLENCE IN TALENT ACQUISITION
Melinda Urban, Head of FICC Business Development and Enterprise Recruiting, Citadel
EXECELLENCE IN ASSET MANAGEMENT
Erin Browne, Managing Director, Asset Allocation Portfolio Manager, PIMCO
EXCELLENCE IN FIXED INCOME
Frances Lewis, Senior Managing Director, Portfolio Manager, MacKay Shields Municipal Managers
EXCELLENCE IN BANKING
Bernadette Murphy, Managing Director, Media & Telecom, Investment & Corporate Banking, Mizuho Americas
CEO OF THE YEAR
Cheryl Nash, Chief Executive Officer, Tegra118
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Lucille Protas, Chief Operating Officer, MacKay Shields
POSITIVE IMPACT (Sponsored by Instinet)
Nancy Reyda, Chief Operating Officer, Global Operations and Technology, BNY Mellon
