Shattering the glass ceiling: The rise of women in finance

Max Thompson

Managing Editor

Paule Gosset-Kone, managing director at Maryel & Partners caught up with Katarzyna Kowalska COO at the Polish ECA, KUKE to outline the growing role of women in finance, and how they both found and walked different paths to becoming successful business women.

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