Northern Trust’s Leadership Development Forum shows female executives how to solidify professional relationships, increase their visibility and think outside the box.

With a wealth of business resource councils designed to meet the needs of its female leaders, working parents, rising professionals and multicultural employees, this financial services firm ensures that anyone who wants to pursue a lasting career here has access to mentoring, educational programming and networking events. The talent reviews that are held within each business unit highlight women who could be candidates for key roles, and management arranges for them to follow development plans that make it easier for them to advance. Women comprise 41% of the employees who participate in management and leadership training and head half of all business units.

Chairman & CEO: Rick Waddell

Executive VP & Head of HR & Administration: Biff Bowman

% of senior managers who are women: 35%

% of corporate executives who are women: 36%

% of the top 10% of the company’s earners who are women: 51%

% of corporate executives with profit-and-loss responsibility who are women: 50%

% of the executives running divisions with revenues of more than a billion dollars who are women: 50%

% of executives who report directly to the CEO who are women: 22%

% of the members of the board of directors who are women: 15%