Pathways In Finance: Wall Street & Beyond

Friday, November 5th
9:30 am – 10:45 am

Focus
The exciting world of finance offers a wide variety of career opportunities. Dynamic women offer their perspectives on different career paths in finance, from working on Wall Street to starting a fund to working for a corporation. You will hear how these women gained experience and navigated career choices.

Panelists

Aileen Stockburger VP WW M&A Johnson & Johnson

Jacqueline Reses, Principal Apax Partners

Aileen Stockburger, Vice President of Worldwide Mergers & Acquisitions, Johnson & Johnson
Aileen Stockburger, Vice President of Worldwide Mergers & Acquisitions, joined Johnson & Johnson in 1989. She began her career with Johnson & Johnson at McNeil Consumer Products and progressed from various financial management positions at McNeil to Finance Manager, New Business Development.

In 1991, Aileen became Associate Director of Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions at Johnson & Johnson Corporate in New Brunswick, where she worked on several deals, including Neutrogena, Clinical Diagnostics and Mitek.

In 1995 Aileen joined Johnson & Johnson Health Care System as Finance Director, Business Development. Here she worked on J&J's first acquisition of a consulting firm, DJ Sullivan.

In 1996, Aileen joined Johnson & Johnson Professional, Inc. in Raynham, MA, as a Director of Marketplace Information. During her time at JJPI, Aileen initiated and supported Business Development activities, including the acquisition of DePuy. Additionally, she was responsible for competitive intelligence, market research and the financial analysis of Merger & Acquisition transactions.

In 1998, Aileen became Vice President of Worldwide Mergers & Acquisitions for the Consumer & Personal Care Group in Skillman, NJ. In her current role, she supervises the licensing and acquisition activities of the consumer group including deal structuring, negotiations, contract design and review, and deal terms. She has worked on numerous deals including the acquisitions of Baby Center and OraPharma, Inc.

Aileen currently volunteers as an evaluator for the Wharton Business Plan Competition, and is a member of the J&J Women’s Leadership Initiative Steering Committee.

Before joining Johnson & Johnson Aileen spent three years at Coopers and Lybrand where she earned her CPA certification. Aileen received her BS and MBA from the Wharton School.

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Jacqueline Reses, Principal, Apax Partners
Jacqueline Reses joined Apax Partners in 2001 and is responsible for the media investment effort in the US. Recent investments include NEP and TVHead. Prior to joining Apax, Jackie served as the chief executive officer and member of the board of directors of iBuilding, Inc., a real estate software business that was sold to Realeum. Previously, she was a principal at Doughty Hanson & Co. focusing on media and technology investments. At Doughty Hanson, she was on the board of directors of North American Membership Group and Trend Technologies.

Prior to Doughty Hanson, she spent over seven years at Goldman Sachs as a vice president in its mergers and acquisitions advisory group and principal investment area. Her investment experience at Goldman Sachs Capital Partners includes numerous transactions in the retail, media and technology sectors.

Jackie received a B.S. in economics with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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