Markets Media Group’s eighth-annual U.S. Women in Finance Award event was held Nov 17 at the Hard Rock Hotel in New York City. It was great to hold the program live and in-person for the first time since 2019.
A sincere thank you to all attendees, and of course, hearty congratulations to the winners!
| RISING STAR | Erica Bradnick, Principal Engineer, Chicago Trading Company |
| RISING STAR | Victoria Cobbold-Moore, COO CTC London, Chicago Trading Company |
| RISING STAR | Anisha Dhanani, Executive Director, Interest Rate and Derivative Sales, Mizuho Americas |
| RISING STAR | Jessica Gebauer, Chief of Staff, Chicago Trading Company |
| RISING STAR | Caroline Joannes, Trader / Index Strategist, Instinet |
| RISING STAR | Cady Johnson, EVP, Regional Head, Divisional Sales Manager, PIMCO |
| RISING STAR | Carolyn Veilleux, Equity Prime Brokerage Product Specialist, Société Générale |
| RISING STAR | Youran Wu, Trader, Virtu Financial |
| EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS | Katherine Lucas, Managing Director, Head of Marketing Technology and Solutions, State Street |
| EXCELLENCE IN CORPORATE CULTURE | Jennifer Skrapits, Chief Administrative Officer, Beacon Platform |
| EXCELLENCE IN COMPLIANCE | Devi Shanmugham, Managing Director, Global Head of Compliance, Tradeweb |
| EXCELLENCE IN FINTECH | Halima Butt, Chief Operating Officer, Provable Markets |
| EXCELLENCE IN COMMISSION MANAGEMENT | Michelle Doscher, Executive Director, Commission Management Services, Instinet |
| STEM CHAMPION | Yiyang Yang, Quantitative Strategist, Virtu Financial |
| EXCELLENCE IN TRADING PLATFORMS | Celeste Feehan, Director, Market and Client Service Support, Tradeweb |
| EXCELLENCE IN EQUITIES TRADING | Ashley Banfield, Head of Americas Trading, Equities, Fidelity Investments |
| EXCELLENCE IN FIXED INCOME TRADING | Supriya Bajoria, Senior Trader and Director, Nuveen |
| EXCELLENCE IN FX TRADING | Anna Faustini, Managing Director, Head of FX and Corporate Rates, Société Générale |
| EXCELLENCE IN DERIVATIVES TRADING | Layla Royer, Senior Derivatives Salesperson, Citadel Securities |
| EXECLLENCE IN TRADING ANALYTICS | Teresa Woodard, Head of Trading Analytics, T. Rowe Price |
| FIXED INCOME LEADERSHIP | Shirley Liu, Managing Director, Head of Derivatives Risk Solutions, Mizuho Americas |
| EXCELLENCE IN REGULATION | Bari Wolfe, Managing Director, Regulatory Relations, DTCC |
| EXCELLENCE IN LEGAL | Shellane Mulcahy, Senior Deputy General Counsel, Citadel |
| EXCELLENCE IN HUMAN RESOURCES | Andrea Gibbons, Managing Director, Human Resources, DTCC |
| EXCELLENCE IN CORPORATE ACCESS | Elizabeth Librizzi, Head of Corporate Access and Advisory Services, AllianceBernstein |
| LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT | Anne Walsh, Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income, Guggenheim Partners |
| EXCELLENCE IN BANKING | Wendy Nivar, Chief Operating Officer for Global M&A Group, Credit Suisse |
| COO OF THE YEAR | Alla Liberman, Chief Operating Officer, Beacon Platform |
| CEO OF THE YEAR | Heather Brilliant, President and CEO, Diamond Hill |
| INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT | Lori Paris, SVP, Head of Client Management for Securities Lending, Northern Trust |
| EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP | Lorraine Twomley, Chief Human Resources Officer, Société Générale |
| CRYSTAL LADDER | Kimberley Stafford, Managing Director, Global Head of Product Strategy, PIMCO |
| TRAILBLAZER | Michal Katz, Head of Investment and Corporate Banking, Mizuho Americas |
| EXCELLENCE IN SUSTAINABILITY | Karen Karniol-Tambour, Co-CIO for Sustainability, Bridgewater |
| EXCELLENCE IN DIVERSITY & INCLUSION | Michelle Gadsden-Williams, Managing Director, Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, BlackRock |
| INSTINET POSITIVE IMPACT | Elizabeth Levy, Head of ESG Strategy and Portfolio Manager, Trillium |
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Markets Media Group was pleased to host the 2025 European Women in Finance Awards last night at Claridge’s in London.
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See the full list of winners here: https://www.marketsmedia.com/2025-european-women-in-finance-awards-the-winners/
We are excited to announce the finalists for the 2025 U.S. Women in Finance Awards! Congratulations to all!
Check out the full list here:
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