Today we chat with Rumbi Mugwagwa, a Fixed Income Associate with the Portfolio Advisory Team at Bank of Montreal (BMO) Nesbitt Burns. As the Guaranteed Investment product expert she is the principal liaison between Issuers and advisors. She also supports daily trading and provides product advice to the Wealth broker channels. Prior to the role Rumbi was the Business Team lead in trade management services within the BMO securities operations division where she managed the processing team and oversaw business automation and change management projects.

Rumbi holds a degree in Economics from University of Toronto. She is also a CFA level 2 Candidate.

We discussed:

• How she ended up in a finance career despite graduating during the 2008 financial crisis
• The challenges of being a black woman working in finance
• Her influential mentors
• Being flexible and not focusing on just a single path