Azmina Karim-Bondy, Chief Legal Counsel for IAP comments on her career in law

Chief Legal Counsel of Industrial Alliance Pacific Insurance and Financial Services Inc.

By Kelly Hayes: After studying French literature at the University of Victoria, obtaining her law degree from Osgoode Hall law school in Toronto, and practicing commercial litigation and injury law for several years, Azmina Karim-Bondy joined the legal department at Vancouver-based Seaboard Life Insurance Company in 1994. Within six years, she worked her way up to senior litigation counsel, and her rapid ascent paved the way for future success.

Taking a short break to serve as legal counsel at SAFECO Life Insurance Company in Seattle, Washington, Karim-Bondy returned to Vancouver in 2002 to join Industrial Alliance Pacific (IAP), the successor to Seaboard Life. Here, Tanzanian-born Karim-Bondy explains why she knew she wanted a career in law by the time she turned 16, what drove her to transition from private practice to in-house counsel, and how she tackles the constantly growing demands of her current post as chief legal counsel at IAP.

via Azmina Karim-Bondy | Advantage Magazine.