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‘It took me 15 years to meet a role model’: How one British Pakistani defied the odds in asset management

'Often I was the only female in the room, let alone the only Pakistani'

Mehvish Ayub, senior investment strategist at State Street, tells FN about her experience breaking down barriers in financial services
Mehvish Ayub, senior investment strategist at State Street, tells FN about her experience breaking down barriers in financial services Photo: Siddharth Siva for FN

Mehvish Ayub is a senior investment strategist at State Street Global Advisors, the Boston-headquartered asset manager. She previously worked at Barings Asset Management.  She is also an ambassador for Reboot, a non-profit focussed on ethnic diversity in financial services.

Here, she tells Financial News about her experience working in asset management as a British Pakistani – one of the most under-represented groups in financial services.

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