![Once dismissed as "too young and too pretty" to be mentored, Shivani Gopal went on to win awards in her industry.](/web/20160826023620im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/r/1/0/2/7/image.related.wideLandscape.460x259.gr1jol.png/1472173163110.jpg)
'Too young and too pretty': the comment that left Shivani devastated
She was a rising star in financial services, but Shivani Gopal was faced with an awful dilemma: keep working with a client who had licked her face, or avoid him and sacrifice her business?