Beyond 1.3%: Diversifying the Global Allocator Base (B)

Thursday, May 26, 2022
4:30 PM 6:00 PM 16:30 18:00

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According to the Knight Foundation, 98.7% of assets under management in the US are managed by white men. Women and diverse fund managers remain under-resourced and underserved. We explored scalable solutions and innovative approaches to cultivate the next tier of underrepresented fund managers and change the face of capital allocation.

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Speakers

Teresa Wells

Teresa is the MD of Tiedemann Advisors and co-leads the firm’s Seattle office, where she has direct responsibility for managing client relationships. She works closely with clients to understand their goals and objectives; manage their investments, including impact investing; and integrate their investment strategy, philanthropy, and estate planning into a cohesive wealth management plan. She serves as a member of the firm’s Internal Investment Committee and is also on the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee.

Najada Kumbuli

As Head of Investments for the Visa Foundation, Najada Kumbuli is responsible for leading the investment effort in support of the Foundation’s mission to enable an equitable and efficient access to capital for women and underserved entrepreneurs.

Zee de Gersigny

Zee is a Director for Collaborative of Frontier Finance, focusing on the Early Stage Capital Providers cluster. She has two decades of investment experience working in Africa, London and New York. Her career includes co-founding Victus Global Capital, an organisation focused on transforming agriculture and empowering women in Africa through impact investment, capacity building, and increased trade.

Jen Braswell

Jen currently leads British International Investment’s cross-cutting advisory teams – climate change, gender equality, job quality and skills & leadership - whose collective goal is to create additional value through adopting an impact lens (both at the market level and with BII’s portfolio businesses).

Hany Assaad

Hany Assaad is Co-founder and Chief Portfolio & Risk Officer of Avanz Capital and a member of the Investment Committees of the Avanz Capital funds. He leads the sourcing, screening and negotiation of investments and risk management, including the environmental, social and governance aspects. He serves on a number of LP Advisory Committees. He is the executive director of the Avanz Growth Markets Limited, an investment firm listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius and investing in emerging markets private equity.

Tagged Deep Dive, JEDI, Private Markets, Public Markets, Gender-Smart Structures and Vehicles, Allocators, Timezone B, Beyond B