Women in Capital Markets (WCM) is helping 12 women re-launch their capital markets careers through its annual award program, which has expanded into Montreal for the first time.
The Toronto-based non-profit advocacy organization’s “Return to Bay Street” (RTBS) award is meant to assist professional women who took a break from successful careers in the capital markets industry and are looking to return. The award provides recipients with a paid contract of at least four months at a financial services firm; $5,000 toward an education program; a mentor from WCM; and a one-year membership to WCM.
“This year is a significant milestone for the RTBS program which is now in its sixth year,” says Jennifer Reynolds, CEO of WCM, in a statement on Monday. “Not only are we recognizing our largest cohort of award recipients and receiving support from the largest number of financial institutions, we are also excited to be recognizing Montreal winners for the first time.
The recipients of this year’s RTBS award are:
- Mela Bihuniak
- Ingrid Blauer
- Anshu Grover
- Vesna Gmazel
- Dionne Klein
- Anita Lee
- Binah Nathan
- Annette Niebuhr
- Joanna Pollock
- Beverly Sahota
- Elizabeth Seger
- Ariane Stren
The participating firms that will be providing paid placements to the winners include: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, National Bank of Canada, the investor and treasury services arm of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), the global banking and markets arm of Bank of Nova Scotia and the capital markets arms of Bank of Montreal, RBC, Toronto-Dominion Bank and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. (All firms are based in Toronto with the exception of Montreal-based National Bank.)
Two of the 12 award winners will be completing their placements in Montreal.
“The talented women we are recognizing today are great examples of experienced professionals who can make an immediate contribution to their organizations,” says Reynolds.
The RTBS program has awarded paid contract positions to 34 women between 2012 and 2016 with most of those recipients successfully landing long-term roles from those contracts.
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