Anne
Vice President, Boston
- How has the firm changed since you started?
- Because the firm has grown substantially since I started as a summer analyst in 2013, we’ve needed to add structures and processes over time to support that growth. I think AG has done a good job of incrementally adding what is needed, while still maintaining the flexibility and customization that makes it unique.
- What do you do when you’re not working?
- I like finding low-effort/high-reward hikes (preferably along rivers), and I play violin in a community orchestra and in a string quartet. I also enjoy cooking spicy food and have recently started trying to grow my own peppers — we’ll see how they fare!
- How has AG supported you throughout your career?
- My mentors at AG are thinking about my professional development even when I may not be actively thinking about it myself. When cases are busy, it can be hard to take a step back and think about what you want to do next and how you want to grow, but the partners I work with are somehow always thinking about that on my behalf. That has been true throughout my career here, and because I’ve really appreciated that kind of support, I find myself in turn reflexively thinking about how to guide and support the people I work with and create opportunities for them.
- What makes AG special?
- I love that I don’t feel like I have to regularly toot my own horn here — the AG culture is one where your colleagues brag for you, you brag for your colleagues, and there is very much a spirit of sharing information and sharing credit. Even though we work with high standards and expectations, the culture doesn’t feel competitive, and I feel like collaboration is encouraged and rewarded.
Because of that collaborative dynamic, I also think case teams do really enjoy getting to know each other on a personal level, from analysts to partners. We can go seamlessly from debating about how to approach an analysis, to picking out (or making) funny gifts for a colleague’s birthday, to doing an escape room together.
