American Banker announces three premier events to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of THE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN IN BANKING™

The Most Powerful Women in Banking: Next Awards, Conference, and annual honoree 20th anniversary Gala

NEW YORK, NY (April 13, 2022)

American Banker, Arizent’s essential resource for senior executives in banking and financial services, has announced three events to celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Most Powerful Women in Banking. The Most Powerful Women in Banking: Next Awards, The Most Powerful Women in Banking conference, and the gala will honor the industry’s up-and-coming leaders, convene banking professionals for a leadership conference, and celebrate the women making a difference in the industry.

The Most Powerful Women in Banking: Next Awards celebrate women, ages 40 and under, whose achievements set them apart in their companies’ leadership pipelines and are endorsed by a senior executive at their financial institution. For the first time ever, this year’s honorees will be recognized at an invite-only awards dinner at HK Hall as part of the 20th anniversary for The Powerful Women in Banking. With past honorees from The Powerful Women in Banking joining this year’s NEXT recipients, the evening will bring together today’s most powerful leaders and tomorrow’s most promising stars for a night of networking, recognition and celebration. 

“The Next list honors women who will be the banking industry’s new leaders. We’re excited to celebrate them as we move into the third decade of the Most Powerful Women in Banking,” said Chana Schoenberger, Editor in Chief of American Banker and Chair of The Most Powerful Women programs.

Learn more about the NEXT Award Gala here: https://conference.americanbanker.com/NEXT 

The Most Powerful Women in Banking conference is the premier forum for all industry professionals to gain insights from the honorees featured on American Banker’s seminal list. After debuting as a highly successful online event, this will be the first time the conference is held in person. Taking place on the historic USS Intrepid aircraft carrier, the event will feature interactive sessions, inspiring keynotes, and unique networking opportunities, where the world’s most successful bankers will look toward the future while sharing the acumen and ideas that have shaped legendary careers. 

Learn more about the conference here: https://conference.americanbanker.com/the-most-powerful-women-in-banking 

We are thrilled to see the overwhelmingly positive response to these expanded programs,said Gemma Postlethwaite, CEO of Arizent.We are proud to support this powerful community and all their efforts to create new models of leadership and advance the banking industry.” 

American Banker will also celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Most Powerful Women in Banking at its annual gala. Since 2001, this elite program has recognized the industry’s most influential and exceptional women leaders. These are the pioneers and change-makers forging the future of financial services. Rounding out the 20th anniversary celebration, this invite-only gala will bring past and present honorees together in person at The Glasshouse in NYC.

Learn more about the Most Powerful Women in Banking Gala here: https://conference.americanbanker.com/the-most-powerful-women-in-banking-gala 

The Most Powerful Women in Banking: Next honorees will be announced in June, and nominations for the The Most Powerful Women in Banking are open until May 2nd.

About American Banker

American Banker empowers banking professionals with unique insight and analysis into the ideas transforming their business and industry. Across its journalism, events, research, and benchmarking, it helps drive the way forward through the complexity of business innovation, retail and commercial disruption, technology, regulation, and reform. With a banking community 850K strong, American Banker’s transformative content connects leaders online, in person, and in print every day.

About Arizent

Arizent is a business information company that advances professional communities by providing insights and analysis and convening industry leaders. The company uses deep industry expertise and a data-driven platform to deliver its services, which include subscriptions, marketing services, live events and access to Leaders, an executive forum. Arizent also connects business communities through leading financial services brands like American Banker, The Bond Buyer, Financial Planning and National Mortgage News, as well as professional services brands like Accounting Today, Employee Benefit News and Digital Insurance.