Alumnae: Current Award Winner

Marisa Drew

Marisa Drew

Managing Director, Credit Suisse

Marisa Drew is a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division of Credit Suisse, based in London and is currently Co-Head of the Global Markets Solutions Group (GMSG) and Co-Head of the Debt Advisory and Restructuring Group (DA&R).

Ms Drew is a member of the GMSG Global Operating Committee and heads up the Steering Committee for the firm’s women’s initiative to attract, retain and promote women. She is the senior banker in charge of both US MBA and Wharton recruiting and she remains active in the Competitors' Diversity Forum (CDF), which she founded. The CDF is an organization comprised of nine member investment banking firms with a stated goal to attract and develop women in investment banking careers. Ms Drew is also a member of the C200 and Forum UK, both organisations made up of the top women in business whose aim is to promote other women in business. In June 2008, Ms Drew was the recipient of the Women in Banking and Finance (WIBF) annual award for achievement. In 2007, 2008 and 2009, Ms. Drew was recognised by Financial News in its annual ‘FN 100 Women in Finance’ publication as one of the most influential women in European Finance. She also received a special award from Financial News for her patronage to other women.

Prior to joining Credit Suisse First Boston, Ms. Drew was a Managing Director at Merrill Lynch for 11 years and worked at the Trump Group and Kidder Peabody. She received a BA in Finance and Marketing with distinction from the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce and an MBA with distinction from the Wharton School.

In her spare time, Ms Drew sits on the advisory board of NESsT a social enterprise organisation focused on Central and Eastern Europe. Ms Drew is also a member of the European High Yield Association, the Guild of International Bankers and Pi Capital, a private investing club.

In terms of personal interests, Ms Drew is a keen sailor, golfer and self-described “foodie” and oenophile. She has recently ventured into the wine making business in South Africa by purchasing a small wine farm and is happily producing about 3,000 bottles of cabernet wines annually.