We live in a complex and dynamic financial market full of uncertainties and challenges. Many of us have lots of questions about which field or sector to pursue, what is the right career path, and how can we best leverage our skill sets to achieve our goals? We often consult our friends, families, and co-workers, but how about someone who is experienced in our fields, who has been in the trenches fighting the good fight of career advancement, and has made it to the top of their ranks?  To help facilitate such discussions, TCFA has asked TCFA New York Chapter to organize a pilot program for the benefit of its members. We are very excited to announce the launch of the Pilot Mentor Program today. We’re honored to have identified eight distinguished senior professionals working at prestigious firms on Wall Street, as Managing Directors or Directors across several fields:

Mentor 1, Investment Bank, Director, Equity Derivatives Modeling 
Mentor 2, Rating Agency, MD, Structured Finance / Derivative Rating 
Mentor 3, Asset Manager, MD, Mortgage 
Mentor 4, Investment Bank, Director, Distressed / Loan / EM Trading 
Mentor 5, Investment Bank, Director Equity, Program Trading 
Mentor 6, Investment Bank, ED, Commodity Trading 
Mentor 7, Investment Bank, MD, Market Risk 
Mentor 8, Hedge Fund, MD, Rates / Commodity / Financial Engineering

We plan to have the first event of the Mentor Program in a dinner format: Target timeframe is May 27th 2010 10 minutes mentor introduction Each mentor will host one table to have direct dialogues with his or her mentees throughout the dinner  Depending on the feedbacks from both mentors and mentees, we will introduce other events to further the mentor/mentee interactions, such as a TCFA Mentor Column for continuing web-based discussions on career related topics.

The cost is estimated to be $50 just to cover the expense of the dinner. All our mentors have kindly volunteered their time and service We hope that you will find this unique opportunity helpful and we highly encourage you register early as space is limited.

Registration will be closed by May 10th, 2010. We ask you to indicate your preference for three mentors, and we will try our best to match your interest with mentors’ background. After registration is closed, we will email you event details and your assigned mentor.

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