10 Top Powerful Black People on Wall Street You Should Know

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Lisa Opoku

Opoku is chief operating officer and became managing director of Goldman Sachs’ Asia Securities Division in 2006. She is stationed in Hong Kong and works closely with the co-presidents of the Goldman Sachs Securities Division in Asia. She is instrumental in driving the unit’s focus in providing sales, trading, clearing, financing and reporting services to institutional clients. Opoku has managed hedge funds, corporate pensions and endowments as well.

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Suzanne F. Shank

Shank is president and CEO of Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. She is responsible for the overall administration of the firm’s scope of services and for attaining the firm’s profitability goals. In 2010, her company served as joint bookrunner for California, issuing $3.27 billion of taxable and $1.25 billion of tax-exempt bonds.