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Women Sparse in Risk-Taking Sectors

GLENDALE, CA—According to Real Estate Forum Woman of Influence Alexandra Glickman, women are still missing from the investment banking and development sectors.

By Kelsi Maree Borland | Updated on September 18, 2014

GLENDALE, CA—Although more and more women are joining the commercial real estate fold, women are still needed in risk-taking sectors, like investment banking and development, according to Alexandra Glickman, a Woman of Influence in Real Estate Forum, GlobeSt.com’s sister publication. Glickman is the area VP and managing director practice leader at Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., and has had a lofty career as an expert in insurance and alternative risk financing.

“I believe the stigma of “the only woman in the room” begins to fade. In the past 5 years the number of female senior executives in real estate has grown markedly, and the ranks of exceptional “trusted advisers” (law, accounting, insurance) has also grown,” Glickman explains. “What is missing though are women in investment banking and development. The list is still too short, and it requires all of us to not only encourage risk taking, but promote women to a point of critical mass.”

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