2022 U.S. Women in Finance Award Winners Announced

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 STARErica Bradnick, Principal Engineer, Chicago Trading Company
RISING STARVictoria Cobbold-Moore, COO CTC London, Chicago Trading Company
RISING STARAnisha Dhanani, Executive Director, Interest Rate and Derivative Sales, Mizuho Americas
RISING STARJessica Gebauer, Chief of Staff, Chicago Trading Company
RISING STARCaroline Joannes, Trader / Index Strategist, Instinet
RISING STARCady Johnson, EVP, Regional Head, Divisional Sales Manager, PIMCO
RISING STARCarolyn Veilleux, Equity Prime Brokerage Product Specialist, Société Générale
RISING STARYouran Wu, Trader, Virtu Financial
EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONSKatherine Lucas, Managing Director, Head of Marketing Technology and Solutions, State Street
EXCELLENCE IN CORPORATE CULTUREJennifer Skrapits, Chief Administrative Officer, Beacon Platform
EXCELLENCE IN COMPLIANCEDevi Shanmugham, Managing Director, Global Head of Compliance, Tradeweb
EXCELLENCE IN FINTECHHalima Butt, Chief Operating Officer, Provable Markets
EXCELLENCE IN COMMISSION MANAGEMENTMichelle Doscher, Executive Director, Commission Management Services, Instinet
STEM CHAMPIONYiyang Yang, Quantitative Strategist, Virtu Financial
EXCELLENCE IN TRADING PLATFORMSCeleste Feehan, Director, Market and Client Service Support, Tradeweb
EXCELLENCE IN EQUITIES TRADINGAshley Banfield, Head of Americas Trading, Equities, Fidelity Investments
EXCELLENCE IN FIXED INCOME TRADINGSupriya Bajoria, Senior Trader and Director, Nuveen
EXCELLENCE IN FX TRADINGAnna Faustini, Managing Director, Head of FX and Corporate Rates, Société Générale
EXCELLENCE IN DERIVATIVES TRADINGLayla Royer, Senior Derivatives Salesperson, Citadel Securities
EXECLLENCE IN TRADING ANALYTICSTeresa Woodard, Head of Trading Analytics, T. Rowe Price
FIXED INCOME LEADERSHIPShirley Liu, Managing Director, Head of Derivatives Risk Solutions, Mizuho Americas
EXCELLENCE IN REGULATIONBari Wolfe, Managing Director, Regulatory Relations, DTCC
EXCELLENCE IN LEGALShellane Mulcahy, Senior Deputy General Counsel, Citadel
EXCELLENCE IN HUMAN RESOURCESAndrea Gibbons, Managing Director, Human Resources, DTCC
EXCELLENCE IN CORPORATE ACCESSElizabeth Librizzi, Head of Corporate Access and Advisory Services, AllianceBernstein
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTAnne Walsh, Chief Investment Officer, Fixed Income, Guggenheim Partners
EXCELLENCE IN BANKINGWendy Nivar, Chief Operating Officer for Global M&A Group, Credit Suisse
COO OF THE YEARAlla Liberman, Chief Operating Officer, Beacon Platform
CEO OF THE YEARHeather Brilliant, President and CEO, Diamond Hill
INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENTLori Paris, SVP, Head of Client Management for Securities Lending, Northern Trust
EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIPLorraine Twomley, Chief Human Resources Officer, Société Générale
CRYSTAL LADDERKimberley Stafford, Managing Director, Global Head of Product Strategy, PIMCO
TRAILBLAZERMichal Katz, Head of Investment and Corporate Banking, Mizuho Americas
EXCELLENCE IN SUSTAINABILITYKaren Karniol-Tambour, Co-CIO for Sustainability, Bridgewater
EXCELLENCE IN DIVERSITY & INCLUSIONMichelle Gadsen-Williams, Managing Director, Global Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, BlackRock
INSTINET POSITIVE IMPACTElizabeth Levy, Head of ESG Strategy and Portfolio Manager, Trillium