Rachel Robbins: "Career Advancement”

Birnbaum Women's Leadership Network

Recorded in December 2016 - Rachel Robbins ’76 currently serves as senior independent non-executive director at Atlas Mara, a London Stock Exchange listed company focused on building the premier financial services group in in Sub-Sahara Africa. Her legal career in the financial and international development sectors spans more than 35 years, beginning with her time as an associate at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. She went on to hold managing director and general counsel positions at J.P. Morgan (where she also served as Secretary), Citigroup International, and NYSE Euronext (where she was also executive vice president and secretary). From 2008-12, she was vice president and general counsel of the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation. A native of New Jersey, Robbins is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a trustee of the Law School. She received NYU Law Women’s annual alumna of the year award in 2007. While at NYU Law, Robbins was Order of the Coif as well as managing editor of the Annual Survey of American Law. Prior to attending NYU Law, she graduated from Wellesley College with a Bachelor of Arts in French Literature.