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Freddie. Early Life Experiences, University Years, Sales and Trading

I asked Freddie to tell me about the experiences in her early life which she felt had the greatest impact on her work life and career. And she said there were a couple of things she felt she wanted to say about her early life. She said the first thing which impacted her was that she was born on the wrong side of the tracks and she thinks this definitely set the stage for her always wanting to achieve and to be successful. The second thing that really affected her was something that happened one day when she was about 13 years old. She doesn’t remember exactly what had taken place but she remembers her mum sitting at the end ...

Sophia. War Stories, Accomplishments, Success and Significance

I asked Sophia to relate to me one of her favourite “war stories”, a story she might tell if she were amusing a group of friends at a cocktail party. And she said the one which came to mind, although she was not sure why was a time when the president of her firm got a call from the president of a financial institution who wanted to sell one of their divisions. And the president of her firm called on Sophia who covered financial services and a female colleague who specialized in M & A to work on the file. The two of them started working on the file, however, the president of the financial institution did not like them. He ...