What do you do when it is time to go away banking? A married couple who met whereas working in JPMorgan’s expertise division present that the sky (actually) is the restrict.
Keith Pritchard and Vanessa Menendez-Covelo not too long ago celebrated their tenth anniversary. When the pair first met, Pritchard was a managing director in expertise for derivatives and FX publish commerce, whereas Menendez-Covelo was a VP and EMEA dev lead in danger expertise. Menendez-Covelo was the primary to go away in 2016; Pritchard adopted a 12 months later.
Their profession paths since then have been… totally different to say the least.
Pritchard left for consulting, first founding his personal agency then leaving for Quorsus, the place he continued to work for an additional six years earlier than retiring this March. Whereas at his personal agency, he additionally went again to highschool (he graduated with a PhD in chemistry from Oxford in 1990), receiving a diploma in archaeology from Cambridge. He is not performed but, both; he is at present learning for a bachelor’s in planetary astronomy and science on the Open College.
Menendez-Covelo additionally went again to highschool, however in a distinct capability. She discovered JPMorgan unable to assist her yoga-focused way of life: “For ten years I awakened at 4:30am to go to yoga class at round 5:30am, do yoga till 7am after which be at my desk by 8am, after which work till about 7pm and get house by 8pm,” she instructed us in 2017. She left and studied acupuncture. She obtained her license in 2019 and, alongside working her personal apply, has grown from educating assistant to module chief on the Metropolis School of Acupuncture.
Secure to say, not all VP and MD {couples} who meet in banking evolve into acupuncturists and astronomers. Some do, nevertheless. Careers can change.
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