The future of finance depends on who chooses to enter it.
Overview
As the finance industry works to build a more inclusive future, a critical question is emerging: are young women becoming increasingly disconnected from careers in finance — and if so, why?
Participate in a virtual conversation exploring how Gen Z perceives the finance industry, what influences career decisions among young women today, and where the industry may be falling short in attracting and retaining the next generation of talent. From culture and purpose-driven work to representation, flexibility, and evolving career expectations, we’ll examine the trends shaping the future pipeline of women in finance.
Whether you’re a leader focused on talent development, an educator, or an emerging professional navigating your own career path, this conversation will offer valuable perspectives on the future of women in finance.
Key Topics and Takeaways
What young professionals are prioritizing in their careers
Lessons finance can learn from STEM and tech industries
Strategies firms and leaders can adopt to better engage the next generation
A new generation. New expectations. Is finance evolving fast enough?
Featured Speakers
María Ferrer is a Partner at Talengo, where she leads the Financial Services practice. She is a former Executive Director at Morgan Stanley and an alumna of ICADE, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, with more than 25 years of experience in investment banking and strategic consulting in international settings.
She began her career at Monitor Company, the strategy firm founded by Michael Porter. She then moved into financial services, first at HSBC and Grupo Santander. She later joined Morgan Stanley, where she spent over two decades in leadership roles across Capital Markets, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), Equity Capital Markets (ECM), and Global Capital Markets (GCM). During this period, María advised on numerous IPOs in Spain and internationally. She also served on the Anti-Money Laundering Committee and the Diversity Committee.
Her international career has taken her to London, Paris, Boston, New York, and Madrid, giving her a truly global perspective on the financial industry. In addition to her native Spanish, she is bilingual in French, fluent in English, and has a working knowledge of German.
María holds a degree in Business Administration and Management from ICADE (E4), completed in Spain and France, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Carmen Morales Sánchez’s background includes 20 years of experience as a Consultant, Facilitator, and 10 years of experience as an Executive Coach working with leading multinational companies.
She has specialized in transformational projects including expertise with both Corporate and individual change management processes: Organizational Reengineering, Strategy Alignment and Business Development, HR Due Diligence, Corporate Responsibility Audit and Emotional Intelligence applied to the top HR Management Systems: Performance Management, Talent Audit, Career Redesign, Leadership Styles, Feedback 360º, Executive Coaching, Group Coaching, High Effective Teams, etc. In this context, she regularly contributes to assist them to redefine their vision and to achieve their goals.
Her business approach is to excel ethical and professional standards, to establish trust with the client, active listening, powerful questioning, direct and open communication, to create awareness, to help to design actions, and to manage progress and accountability.
As a Professor, her main goal is to encourage students and to look into those HR issues most likely to affect multinational companies. For that purpose, she provides students with the most innovative and successful strategic approaches available for them to address those issues both as employees and as managers, with a particular emphasis on cultural diversity and a people-oriented approach.
Moderator
Teresa Nuvoloni, CFA is an account Manager in PIMCO’s Madrid office. Previously, she worked on the account management team in the Munich office, focusing on institutional clients. Prior to joining PIMCO in 2020, she completed internships at Credit Agricole and ING Bank in London and Madrid. She holds a master's degree in finance from Bocconi University and Nova School of Business and Economics and an undergraduate degree from Maastricht University. She is a CFA charterholder.
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CFA Institute Qualified Activity: Eligible for 1.0 PL credit hours
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