Of the 100 women on this year’s list, 22 are based in Metro Vancouver, including the top four
Lifestyle is one factor that helps women advisors thrive on the West Coast, says Shelly Appleton-Benko, vice-president, director and portfolio manager at Odlum Brown Ltd. in Vancouver.
Ms. Appleton-Benko says the flexibility was especially important when her kids were younger because she could pick them up from school in the afternoons after the more pressing client work was done in the morning. It also freed up time for her to volunteer at the school, which included going on field trips or helping organize events.
“That was a choice that I made that my career allowed me to do,” Ms. Appleton-Benko says. “I know a lot of women who want to have families, but they don’t want to give up their careers to do it.” “One of the important factors for women to thrive in this industry, in general, is having great mentors,” she says. “And because Vancouver is more tight-knit, it makes for a warmer, more comfortable environment for people to connect and to help others flourish.”
She thinks it’s important for women advisors to connect and help others understand what it takes to be successful in their roles. She was initially inspired by her father, who often told her growing up in Scotland that “there is nothing in the world a boy can do that you can’t.” He also stressed that she needed to take care of herself, specifically through education, as “no knight in shining armour was going to come and save me.”
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