Congratulations to Sarah Samuels, CFA, CAIA, Partner at NEPC, on her inclusion in the inaugural class of Pensions & Investments Influential Women in Institutional Investing. Read more about how Sarah’s non-traditional background has driven her desire to help others rise up in the industry: View the article on Pensions & Investments’ site here.
Despite being in the industry for 19 years, Sarah Samuels said she had a “non-traditional career path.”
After graduating college as a German major with no industry internship experience, she started out as an administrative assistant at Wellington Management Co. She worked her way through several roles and companies before becoming a partner at NEPC LLC in 2019. In her current role, she leads a 45-person investment manager research team representing $1.5 trillion in assets under advisement and management.
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“Extremely hard work” was another factor to her success, she said. “I was told no many, many times for different roles or requests,” so “tenacity was important.”
Ms. Samuels said her non-traditional background is what drives her desire to help others rise up in the industry.
As a member of TBD Angels, Ms. Samuels invests in early stage ventures to help them grow. “For me, I have a focus on diverse founders, or organizations that have missions to improve diversity or social equity in our world,” she said.
Click here to read Sarah’s full Pensions & Investments profile.