Most Powerful Women In Finance

On Forbes’ list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women 2022, these were the five top-ranking female leaders in finance.

Longtime Citigroup executive Fraser was named as CEO Michael Corbat’s successor in 2020; she officially assumed the role in March 2021. As Citi’s first female CEO in history, she is also the first-ever woman to run a major Wall Street bank.

Botín became chair of Santander in 2014, after the sudden death of her father, Emilio. In the face of political unrest, she has championed fintech and focused on entrepreneurs, backing small enterprise and womenowned businesses.

Tan first joined the Chinese finance insurance giant in 2013 as group CIO; she became the group’s co-CEO in 2018. Based in Shenzhen, Ping An is Asia’s largest insurance groups. It sold $110 billion worth of insurance premiums in 2021.

Ho was the CEO of Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek from 2004 to 2021, and helped its portfolio grow to more than $313 billion.

In 2021, Duckett was named the president and CEO of TIAA, a retirement and financial services company for academic, research, medical and governmental workers. She came to TIAA from JPMorgan Chase, where she had served as CEO of Chase Consumer Banking.