Let’s cut to the chase, where are you from and what do you do?
I moved around a lot due to the nature of my parents work and them both
having me when they were fairly young. So plenty of farm life with the
grandparents growing up
I'm currently an Investment Banking Associate in mergers and acquisitions.
What did you study and are you using it at all in your current role?
I triple majored in
international politics, economics and Chinese. In a strange way I get to use
all three of them daily
How
long have you been working and what do you like most about it?
4
years – I love miss the financial freedom and working on interesting real life
situations/ problems
Tell
us about your work typical day.
Client
calls, reviewing financial models, helping to draft transaction documents and
doing market updates for "live" deals. Usually punctuated by a rushed
lunch and pre-empted with a morning workout.
I
tend to get in around 9am every day and depending on whether we're in the pitching
or live stage of a deal I leave any time between 8pm - 5am
Yoh!
So you must have a bed at the office by now! Ok, what tips would you give
people wanting to your your line of work?
Make sure IB (Investment Banking) is what you want to get into - have an aptitude for people and numbers
Prioritise
Have an eagerness to learn
What do you think
is the biggest obstacle preventing women of colour from climbing the corporate
ladder as fast as they should?
I think the hardest problem really is not having enough role models to
look up to you who understand the plight of being a young black woman. Who
understand that the industry is still white male dominated and it is
intimidating at times
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