These are the world's top 10 women bankers

1. Sima Kamil

Sima Kamil is the President and Chief Executive Ofiicer of Pakistan's largest bank, United Bank Limited. She is the first woman to lead a major bank in Pakistan.

2. Lucy Peng

Lucy Peng is a Chinese businesswoman. She is one of the founders of Chinese e-commerce business group, Alibaba and also the CEO of Ant Financial, the online finance arm of Alibaba Group.

3. Elvira Nabiullina

Elvira Nabiullina is the head of Central Bank of Russia. She was also the economic adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin between May 2012 to June 2013 after serving as minister of economic development and trade from September 2007 to May 2012.

4. Arundhati Bhattacharya

Arundhati Bhattacharya is the Chairman of India's largest bank, State Bank of India. She took up the role as Chairman from October 7, 2013. Earlier, she was the Managing Director and Chief financial officer of SBI.

5. Chanda Kochhar

Chanda Kochhar is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the ICICI Bank. In 2009 Kochhar was appointed as MD and CEO of the bank. She has worked for ICICI bank for over 30 years.

6. Ana patricia Botin

Ana petricia Botin is a Spanish banker. In September 2014, she was appointed as the Executive Chairman of Santander Group. Prior to this, she was the CEO of Santander Group UK.

7. Ho Ching

Since 2012, Ho Ching is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Temasek Holdings. She is married to the current Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong. Ho was appointed CEO on January 1, 2004.

8. Dr Archana Hingorani

Dr Archana Hingorani is the Chief Executive Officer of IL&FS. She has over 29 years of experience in financial services business, teaching and research.

9. Archana Bhargava

Archana Bhargava was the Managing Director of United Bank of India. On April 23, 2013, she was appointed as the managing director and on February 20, 2014 she had put down her papers as the MD.

10. Christine Lagarde

Christine Lagarde is the Managing Director of International Monetary Fund since July 5, 2011. Previously, she held several ministerial posts in the French government. Lagarde was the first woman to become finance minister of a G8 economy and is the first woman to head the IMF.