Brokering Change: A Wall Street Multicultural Women’s Exchange
Goldman Sachs launched Brokering Change: A Wall Street Multicultural Women's Exchange in November 2007. The aim of the Exchange is to enhance the professional experience of multicultural women in the investment banking industry by focusing on key issues related to their commercial and professional development, while providing a platform to facilitate relationship-building and networking across the industry.
The Offering
Speakers, expert panels, career strategies workshops, business roundtable discussions, best practice sharing, interbank participation from leading Wall Street firms.
The series convenes on a quarterly basis in an effort to provide multicultural women with ongoing development and networking opportunities that will help maximize their careers on Wall Street.
Return on Your Investment: Benefits to Participating
Professional Development - Tools and knowledge to enhance your professional portfolio
Career Advancement - Access to thought leaders and cutting edge research that identify and address unique issues and challenges facing multicultural women in the workplace
Strategic Networking - Exposure to Wall Street pioneers and future multicultural women trailblazers
Commerciality - Opportunity to exchange ideas and share best practices to promote authentic leadership and maximize commercial opportunities for multicultural women on Wall Street
Brokering Change Programs:
If you are interested in receiving invitations to Brokering Change events, please e-mail the Goldman Sachs Multicultural Women’s Exchange.
Fall 2008
More information to come shortly
June 24, 2008
Interbank Conference
New York, New York
As part of its ongoing efforts to enhance the professional experience of multicultural women in financial services, Goldman Sachs hosted the inaugural Brokering Change: A Wall Street Multicultural Women's Exchange Interbank Conference. The conference was of the first programs of its scale to promote the commercial and professional development of Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native American women in the financial services industry, and drew close to 300 women from over 80 Wall Street firms.The conference kicked-off with welcome remarks by Edith Cooper, Goldman Sachs Managing Director and Head of Human Capital Management, and a keynote address by Abby Joseph Cohen, President of Global Markets Institute and Senior Investment Strategist at Goldman Sachs, followed by various interactive breakout sessions and panel discussions covering topics from emerging economies to career development.
Agenda [PDF, 54KB]
Read the Press Release
Please view materials for the Corporate Chess [PDF, 236 KB] and Creating Extraordinary Networks [PDF, 2.1 MB] sessions.
February 2008
“Leading in Difficult Times”
In response to volatile market conditions, Leading in Difficult Times provided participants with an opportunity to hear lessons learned by senior multicultural women business leaders in particularly challenging times. Author of New York Times bestseller WHAT I KNOW NOW Letters to My Younger Self, Ellyn Spragins collaborated with a panel of accomplished women to share lessons in leadership. Panelists included:
April Bethune, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank AG
Miriam Esteve, Managing Director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Rana Quraishi, Ph.D., Senior Credit Analyst, Standard & Poor's
November 2007
“Investing It. Requesting It. Making Your Bonus Pay for You.”
At the inaugural event, Executive Coach, Jane Hyun, discussed methods for evaluating your performance and monetary value. Valerie Mosley, Senior Vice President at Wellington Management addressed how to develop a smart personal investment strategy.
Research and Resources
Harvard Business Review Article
“Latinas: A Strong and Growing Workforce Asset”