Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Michaela L. Walsh (wanda aka haifa a Kansas City, Missouri), mai ba da kuɗi, mai banki, wanda ya kafa kuma shugaban farko na Bankin Duniya na Mata. Walsh na daya daga cikin 'yan mata da ke aiki a Wall Street a cikin shekarun 1950 lokacin da ta zama manajan mata na farko da ta wakilci Merrill Lynch a ofishinta na Beirut, Lebanon a 1960. A shekara ta 1970, Walsh ta zama mace ta farko da ta zama abokiyar tarayya a kamfanin dillalan Wall Street Boettcher da Kamfanin. A shekara ta 1972, Walsh ya shiga Asusun Rockefeller Brothers a matsayin mai haɗin gwiwa, wanda ya kai ta ga halartar 1975
Taron Mata na Duniya da aka gudanar a Mexico City, inda ra'ayin Bankin Mata na Duniya ya fito. A cikin 1978, Walsh ta yi aiki a matsayin darektan aikin a Ofishin Majalisar Dokokin Amurka na Binciken Fasaha inda ta ba da shawara kan fasahar da ta dace. Walsh ta zama co-kafa Bankin Mata na Duniya kuma shugabarta ta farko, matsayin da ta rike daga 1980 zuwa 1990.