Rebecca Stropoli

Pennington has been with Edward Jones since 2000. She has held such positions as financial advisor; principal, branch and region development and principal, client strategies group before being named managing partner.

Penny Pennington had worked for Edward Jones for some 17 years when she was named the managing partner in 2019.

In 2020, a year marked by deep economic crisis, Pedroso led her team to execute $16.9 billion of lending overall, up 9% from the previous year.

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Burke has taken on massive projects such as the company's headquarters transition from New York to Nashville, Tennessee.

Many of the executives selected this year say the industry’s future may lie in its sudden change to a fully virtual business model.

Which bank wealth management execs are at the top of their game, and how are they coping in the age of coronavirus?

"Asset managers need to be faster and smarter to make the right bets in a fast-changing external environment.”