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15. Barbara Stymiest
Barbara Stymiest
COO
Royal Bank of Canada
Country: Canada
2007 rank: 30

A conservative investment environment helped RBC avoid a huge hit in the global credit crisis last year, and Stymiest, 52, took a seat on the board of BlackBerry maker RIM. But an investigation into RBC's sale of auction-rate securities shines a light on Stymiest, who oversees all operations at the bank, including risk management.

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