‘35 Under 35’ Category

January 18th, 2012, 6:00 am

35 Under 35: Marion S. Regnier, Senior Associate, PwC

By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
“One of the things I have learned is that it’s not enough to be good at what you’re doing. You also have to network,” began Marion S. Regnier, Senior Associate in Technology consulting at PwC.
She continued, “They tell you that in school, but it’s not necessarily something I started [...]

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November 10th, 2011, 5:00 am

35 Under 35: Simone Koo, Vice President, Institutional Equities, Morgan Stanley

By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
When asked about career advice, Simone Koo, Vice President, Institutional Equities at Morgan Stanley responded with a laugh. “I’ve only had about eight years of my career.”
She continued, “I’m probably the youngest in the COO organization – and I take quite a bit of pride in that. And of [...]

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July 27th, 2011, 5:00 am

35 Under 35: Stephanie Niven, Portfolio Manager, Javelin Capital

By Cleo Thompson (London), founder of The Gender Blog
Twenty-seven year old Stephanie Niven is aiming high. As sole Portfolio Manager of the Fundamental Strategy of the Global Equity Strategies Fund at specialist equity boutique Javelin Capital LLP, she has already been named both the Young Professional of the Year at the Women in Banking and [...]

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June 27th, 2011, 5:00 am

35 Under 35: Sarah Odell, Manager, Talent & Organization Performance, Accenture

By Cleo Thompson (London), founder of The Gender Blog
British born Sarah Odell began her career in the USA thanks to her youthful prowess with a lacrosse stick. Whilst at school in Surrey, she played for the English youth lacrosse team, was spotted by a US college recruiter, and won a sports scholarship to Vanderbilt University [...]

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January 4th, 2011, 6:00 am

35 Under 35: Louise Mor, Partner, Asset Finance, White & Case

By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
Louise Mor, a new partner at the global law firm White & Case, is building a career in asset finance law. She has built a store of expertise in the global financing of aircraft and trains. And now, at just 34, Mor has recently been named a partner at [...]

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October 13th, 2010, 6:00 am

35 Under 35: Sara Grillo, CFA, Principal, Diamond Oak Capital Advisors

By Melissa J. Anderson (New York City)
“Lead with your heart and don’t be afraid of who you are,” said Sara Grillo, Principal at Diamond Oak Capital Advisors and Adjunct Professor at Marymount Manhattan College.
She continued, “If you’re a leader, a role model, a mentor, you have to live it. You have to breathe it.” [...]

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September 2nd, 2010, 6:00 am

35 Under 35: Lisa Bebchick, Partner at Fried Frank

By Erin H. Abrams (New York City)
“You need to be able to learn from someone who has the career and work life balance you aspire to,” said Lisa Bebchick, a 33-year old partner in the litigation department at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, explaining why she makes time in her busy schedule to [...]

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August 5th, 2010, 1:00 pm

35 under 35: Carol Paterson Smith, Head of Hedge Fund Clients at Rothschild Blackpoint

By Cleo Thompson (London), founder of The Gender Blog
Carol Paterson Smith has one key piece of advice for women in business – and it’s a good one.
And, as a hugely successful and influential woman in the City of London, her words of wisdom carry some weight. Paterson Smith is head of hedge fund clients [...]

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January 18th, 2010, 6:00 am

35 Under 35: Natalie Kaminski, Chief Executive Officer of FinCode Solutions

By Pamela Weinsaft (New York City)
Russian-born, Israeli-bred Natalie Kaminski has moxie. The chief executive and founder of FinCode Solutions came by herself to the United States at the tender age of eighteen, with only a high school diploma under her belt and a desire to build a career; in what, though, she wasn’t sure.
As [...]

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December 15th, 2009, 1:00 pm

35 Under 35: Laura Bissell, Managing Director, Okapi Partners

By Pamela Weinsaft (New York City)
“You have to set goals—even if they are little goals—to achieve something. Every day set a goal,” said Laura Bissell, Managing Director of Okapi Partners. She spent her childhood watching her mother, a well-known interior designer in Boston, do just that, growing her fledgling business into a booming [...]

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