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Thelma Ferguson is the Global Head of Diversity, Opportunity & Inclusion (DOI) and a Vice Chair of Commercial Banking at JPMorganChase. As a 27-year veteran of the Commercial Bank and leading the Global DOI organization since June 2023, Thelma brings an added layer of business acumen to the role, further enabling the firm to run DOI with the same commitment and rigor as other businesses. She reports to the firm’s Chief Operating Officer with dual accountability to the heads of Corporate Banking (CB) and Human Resources — and serves as an Operating Committee member for Consumer & Community Banking (CCB), the Commercial & Investment Bank (CIB), the Office of the CFO, and Human Resources. Throughout her tenure, Thelma has been a key advocate and champion of diversity. In her global role, she drives the firm’s differentiated DOI strategies to uplift employees, clients and the communities we serve. As Vice Chair, Thelma serves as a trusted advisor in promoting Commercial Banking’s efforts and in advancing Diverse-, Women- and Veteran-owned Businesses (DWVOB) — providing access, connections and opportunities to business owners from historically underserved and overlooked communities. Prior to her promotion to Vice Chair, she was an Operating Committee member for Commercial Banking’s Middle Market Banking & Specialized Industries (MMBSI) business, as well as the Northeast Segment Head where she led a team that advised midsize clients in five regions from New England to the Mid-Atlantic. Thelma is a member of the Executive Leadership Council. She sits on the boards of the New York City Ballet and The Women’s Leadership Board of the Women and Public Policy Program at Harvard Kennedy School. In 2022, Thelma was recognized as one of the Top 10 Women of Influence by the New York Business Journal. A native Tennessean, Thelma received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and maintains Series 79, 63 and 24 licenses. She and her husband reside in Bedford, NY.

Jenny Robinson is a Managing Director and leads the North America Asset Managers, Broker Dealers and Market Structure sales & relationship teams for J. P. Morgan Payments, within the Commercial and Investment Bank. Since 2019 she has held a number of industry head coverage roles across the Non-Banking Financial Institutions sector. Based in New York, during the past two decades at J.P. Morgan, Jenny has worked in various areas of Transaction Services, with a primary focus on Treasury, Liquidity, and Risk Management. She has held positions in product management, and International implementations, prior to joining the NBFI Client Relationship Management team in 2010, as a Treasury Services Global Relationship Manager, covering clients in the Asset Management, Insurance, Corporate Mortgage Finance and Specialty Finance segments. Jenny is a member of the Women on the Move (WOTM) CIB Network Executive Committee, and the Co-Chair of the North America Payments Chapter since January 2025. She is also an active member of the BAFT Women in Transaction Banking Governance Council. Before joining J.P. Morgan in 2006, Jenny trained as a solicitor in London, and began her banking career with Lloyds Bank. Jenny graduated from the University of Nottingham with a B.A. Honors in Political Science in 2003, and has four Masters Degrees, including an MBA from the University of Bath Business School.

Renata Vilanova Lobo is the Head of Global Clearing at J.P. Morgan, being responsible for Clearing infrastructure, product, solutions and services related to cross border payments provided globally. Renata leads the product development, innovation and maintenance, go-to-market strategy, and client messaging of Cross Border Payments solutions globally offered to Financial Institutions and Corporate clients. In this role Renata has responsibility for providing strategic direction, leadership and oversight for the global correspondent banking business, working with J.P. Morgan stakeholders to deliver safe, efficient and innovative cross-border payments solutions. Renata joined J.P. Morgan in 2011 and for almost a decade she focused on building core cash management capabilities and growing the Payments business in Latam (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Colombia). Renata has 25+ years of experience in the financial market, holding various positions leading local and international cash management and liquidity services, from a Product, Risk Management and Sales perspective.