Her Success Matters

In this episode, Christine Shaw speaks with Ida Liu, Head of Citi Private Bank North America, as Ida shares the path that led her to her position at Citi. Ida explains how following her passion has helped her to break the glass ceiling, as well as the bamboo ceiling, as a successful Asian-American woman in the financial industry.

In this special episode, InvestmentNews’ Christine Shaw and Liz pay tribute to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, discussing her legal wins in the country’s highest court before she herself was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993.

Laura Gregg is Director of Practice Management and Advisor Research at FlexShares Exchange Traded Funds, managed by Northern Trust. She is focused on leading the firm’s proprietary advisor and investor research and building programs to engage advisors and asset managers through industry intelligence and best practices to help them grow their businesses. She speaks regularly at industry events on a range of business building strategies. Her insights have been published in U.S. News & World Report, InvestmentNews, Financial Advisor Magazine, CIO Magazine and other industry trade publications.

Laura has more than 20 years of asset management experience in a variety of roles including conducting industry research, as a relationship manager, marketing and communications director, leader of a sales enablement team and as an investment product specialist. She has expertise in a broad range of investment products and has worked closely with financial professionals and financial institutions throughout her career focusing on distribution and marketing strategies. Laura joined Northern Trust in 2008, and has previously worked for Claymore Securities (now part of Invesco) and Deutsche Asset Management. She graduated from Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN and holds FINRA 7 and 63 licenses. Laura assists in guiding strategy for the Chicago chapter of Women Investment Professionals, sits on a membership committee with the Money Management Institute and is a member of Women in ETFs.

Lisa Kirchenbauer graduated from Stanford University with honors in International Relations and is an active music parent (band and orchestra!), skier and hiker. Lisa resides in Arlington, Virginia with her husband and three (including twins almost-in-college and one almost-finished-college) boys. She is involved in building a financial education program for the Episcopal Diocese of Washington and currently volunteering time to support families facing the financial challenges of cancer through the Foundation of Family Financial Planning. Over the years, she has held numerous leadership roles in various local professional communities.

Raef Lee serves as the Managing Director and head of New Services and Strategic Partnerships for Independent Advisor Solutions by SEI. In this role, he is responsible for the identification of new services and markets for Independent Advisor Solutions. He defines new product offerings for advisors, either by partnering with companies or shepherding the requirements into our development teams. In addition, Raef identifies ways for our innovative business model to be leveraged in new markets. Raef also serves as the technology contributor for SEI’s Practically Speaking blog. Raef joined SEI in 2002 as part of the SEI Wealth Platform. He developed the roadmap for the platform, as well as facilitated its releases and coordinated the requirements gathering. In 2010, he moved to Independent Advisor Solution and was responsible for packaging and validating the new services the platform made possible with advisors.

Andina Anderson has been in the financial industry since 1999. Prior to Envestnet Tamarac, she worked for Ragen MacKenzie as an Institutional Equity Sales Trader. Andina has been with Tamarac since February of 2006 when she was brought in to lead client support. Her efforts have led to the creation of the client implementation process and the support structure for the company. Her contributions also include the design of a number of key Tamarac software features and input into a new user interface founded on client feedback. She has been instrumental in building Tamarac's Consulting services.

Anderson holds a B.A. with double concentration in Marketing and Finance from the University of Washington, an M.B.A. from the University of Adelaide (Australia) and is Vice President of the Seattle Security Trader’s Association.

Monica is a principal with Deloitte & Touche LLP. She leads the US Financial Services Industry group focused on the banking, capital markets, insurance, investment management, and real estate sectors. She provides strategic direction for broad client-facing efforts, go-to-market strategies, and resources to professionals helping clients solve their complex issues using Deloitte’s significant capabilities across multiple domains, including technology, regulatory compliance, cyber, human capital, audit, tax, and M&A. Monica is a thought leader, frequent speaker, and author on industry trends.

Monica has more than 25 years of experience in risk management, regulatory compliance, and controls consulting in financial services with deep experience in banking, capital markets, and payments. She has worked with many clients to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations across various geographies, as well as enterprise and operational risk management capabilities.

Renée Baker is Head of PCG Advisor Inclusion Networks at Raymond James, providing corporate support and leadership for the Women Financial Advisors Network, Black Financial Advisors Network, and Financial Advisors Network. In her role, she focuses on increasing representation of diverse advisors within the firm and the industry as a whole, working closely with Raymond James PCG Education & Practice Management

George Nichols III currently serves as the 10th President and CEO in the storied history of The American College of Financial Services. He takes inspiration from founder Solomon S. Huebner’s pioneering vision in 1927, while empowering The College to usher in the next century of excellence. A life of private sector experience and public service brought Nichols to The College, where he shares its commitment to benefit society by educating and influencing the financial services profession.

Mindy Diamond, President and CEO of Diamond Consultants, founded her company in 1998 sitting on her bedroom floor. Today, she spearheads the wealth management industry’s leading recruiting and consulting firm while her podcast surpasses more than 100,000 downloads to date. In this episode of Her Success Matters, Mindy chats with Christine Shaw about the grit it takes to become a successful female CEO, and what leaders can start doing today to empower the next generation of female advisers to step into their own greatness.

Christine Shaw is joined this episode by Angela Pecoraro, the CEO of Advicent, a fintech SAAS company. Angela and Christine discuss the various facets that have led to Angela's incredibly successful career path.