Investors are facing one of the most challenging backdrops in recent years

amid slowing economic growth, rising inflation, and geopolitical conflicts.

I'm Allison Nathan and this is exchanges at Goldman Sachs, great investors.

In this special series, Allison Mass, chairman of our investment banking division,

and Katie Koch,

Chief Investment Officer of Public Equities in our Asset Management Division,

speak with the world's most respected investors

about their investing strategies, career trajectories, and their outlook for markets and economies.

I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Allison Mass, who shared highlights from her conversation with Tricia Glyn,

managing director at private equity firm,

Advent International.

Allison, you've known Tricia for a long time

since her time at Goldman Sachs,

and you're actually her mentor.

It's true, but interestingly, I wasn't her mentor when she was here at Goldman.

I did know her when she was here, but this is actually a unique client's story.

I did not mentor her until she was at Bain Capital.

And I have to give a lot of credit to the senior partners

at Bain, who just didn't have a lot of role models

for their women because they had no senior women way back. This is I think it was like 15 years ago and they said I know it's an odd ask but would you be willing to mentor one of our people And I was like, sure.

And so I spent some time with Tricia.

And then we just became fast friends

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