Anna Brighton

“Like thousands of women working in male-dominated industries, I often found myself as an ‘only’ or ‘one of the few,’” said Anna Brighton (MBA ’16), Director of Power, Utilities & Infrastructure Investment Banking at RBC Capital Markets.

With over a decade of experience in capital markets, the majority of which has been in infrastructure, Anna has built a solid reputation as a leading force in the industry. Honoured with the Women’s Infrastructure Network (WIN) Emerging Leader Award last year and the Women in Capital Markets (WCM) Emerging Leader Award in 2019, Anna hopes to shine a light on the industry as not only a viable career path for women, but a trajectory to success.

Committed to empowering women in infrastructure, Anna is contributing toward the establishment of a scholarship to benefit students in infrastructure at the Schulich School of Business, in collaboration with Women’s Infrastructure Network (WIN), as way of paying forward for her alma mater.

When asked to give her advice to the next generation of female business leaders, Anna circled back to the support she herself received from her Schulich family that inspired her to push her limits and achieve her goals.

“Schulich has an excellent track record of inspiring phenomenal women, some of whom I’m fortunate to know as today’s business leaders. As we celebrate International Women’s Day this month, I encourage our incredible female student population to reach higher, to aim farther, and to go after projects that are just beyond your current skills, knowledge, and abilities. This will keep you energized and fully immersed or, as known in positive psychology, in a state of flow,” shared Anna.

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