Your career needs the network effect

Nicole Giffuni from EquiLend and Anita Hill Sands from Intuition Financial Placement reflect on how remote working has impacted the hiring landscape in our industry while focusing on what is still needed from employers and candidates to broaden networks and better diversify talent in securities lending.

March 29, 2021

  • Nicole Giffuni

    Nicole Giffuni is a Director at EquiLend based in New York City, New York. Previously, Nicole was a Senior Associate at PwC. Nicole received a Bachelor of Science degree from Tulane University.

  • Anita Hill Sands

    Anita Hill Sands is a Managing Partner at Intuition Financial Placement, a firm she founded. Prior to becoming an executive search consultant, Ms. Sands worked as a trader at Merrill Lynch for fourteen year in Securities Lending, Repo and Equity Derivatives, She then joined Bear Stearns as deputy head of the International Securities Lending group, and subsequently, Credit Industriel et Commercial (CIC),the fourth largest bank in France, where she ran the Equity Finance desk. Ms. Sands is also the Chairperson for the New York Peer Engagement Committee of 100 Women in Finance, Board of Trustees of the National MS Society, New York City – Southern New York and Long Island. She holds an MBA in Finance from Fordham University and a BA in Psychology.