After obtaining her Series 7 and 66 licenses with Axa Advisors she became the youngest stockbroker within the firm at 23 and one of the youngest in the country. During her tenure at Axa Advisors she quickly became one of the most successful brokers at the firm and won many awards. While at Axa she increased retired clients portfolio by 15-20%, was awarded the General Motors account to manage and strategically invest their 401k, pension and buyout funds for retirees. Shannon successfully solidified financial transactions, and assisted with the proper allocation of funds for numerous companies, families and businesses.  Ms. Steel was also the mandate for BPC, which is the government, owned commercial bank of Angola.

Ms. Steel also has experience with private banking and has held executive and board of director positions with private offshore banks and was responsible for managing portfolios and protecting clients assets. Shannon has just become one of the youngest female hotel owners in the country by just recently acquiring a 239 room embasssy suites by Hilton completing a $3,000,000.00 renovation and converted it into a Wyndham hotel.  Ms Steel was awarded Wyndham hotel and Resorts developer of the year for 2019.  She also has acquired many other investment properties commercial and residential including a second hotel, 90 acres of land which is currently being developed, acquired businesses and have ran them successfully.