While it is heartening to see emphasis on new women hires, the reality is that most of them are still at a junior level or in support functions, Seema Chaturvedi, author and managing partner, AWE Funds, writes
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My career choices of the past 25-plus years have been guided by the need to create value. Whether it was managing and underwriting large public issues or being a wealth manager or being an advisor to owners of mid-market companies seeking to maximise shareholder value or professionally investing in private and public equities, I was always intrigued by where I could find the untapped or under-tapped value. And my evolution to a founder of a venture fund builds upon this same streak.
The one aspect, though, common in all my career choices is that I was often one of the very few women pursuing that specific career option. Most investment banking and institutional investing was, and still is, very male-dominated. Sign of the times? Maybe. But that did not stop me from participating in these vocations. Truth be told, I never paid attention to the significant gender inequity in the investor world.
(This story appears in the 18 November, 2022 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)