With 11 newcomers - several of them American expats gone to Europe - our list of the most powerful women in global business demonstrates their rise in male-dominated fields, from nuclear energy to mining to oil. |  |  |  | 11 of 50 | 11. Annika Falkengren President and CEO
SEB Country: Sweden
2006 rank: 13
Falkengren, who became CEO in 2005, oversaw a record year at SEB. Operating profits rose 39%, to $2.1 billion, on $5.3 billion in revenue, buoyed by securities commissions, trading volume, and life insurance sales. Although Sweden remains SEB's largest market, Falkengren, 45, runs an international shop: Nearly half of the Swedish bank's revenues and more than half of its 20,000 employees come from abroad.
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