When I completed the CFA program in 2001, I was told there were only two women in the Melbourne chapter before that year. When I went to my first investment briefing lunch in a fund manager boardroom, I was the only woman of around 30 attendees.
Kim Bowater is director of consulting at Frontier Advisors. She has 25 years industry experience, is a member of Frontier's Investment Committee and Chair of Frontier's Client Portfolio Review Committee, and is the lead consultant for several large superannuation funds. Kim was previously employed at Deloitte and Towers Perrin. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds a Bachelor of Science degree with First Class Honours in Mathematical Statistics from Monash University. Kim is a member of the CFA Institute. |