It was an interview she would almost certainly come to regret.
In early 2003, Catherine Brenner, then a director of corporate finance for ABN AMRO discussed her beauty regime with the women’s magazine, Vogue. In the article “Groomed for Success”, Brenner revealed that she spends as much as $600 a month on beauty accessories, and that Carolyn Hewson and Anne Keating were her beauty role models.
Still, the prevailing wisdom is that if you want to get considered for board positions, it helps to have a profile. Even if that means submitting to inane interviews with women’s magazines.
It’s difficult to determine the effectiveness or otherwise of Brenner’s media strategy, because it has been completely eclipsed by the other ma…
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