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Opening and Plenary: Notes from the Future, Strategies for 2030 Success

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Our plenary during the opening session of the GenderSmart virtual programme took attendees to a place of imagination - a more inclusive, just, resilient and sustainable world we have collectively created in 2030. This is a world in which gender-smart investing has played a role to leverage finance as a tool for social change and positive strides in gender equality have been made on all fronts - from boardrooms to inclusive workplaces, supply chains and across the allocation spectrum. Against this backdrop, each of our three speakers, representing the voices of different capital types and perspectives, present a retrospective of the investment strategies and actions they took to help get us there.

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Speakers
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Laurie J. Spengler

Laurie is an impact investment banker, board member and active contributor to the impact investing industry. Among her currentboard engagements, she serves as a non-executive director of the CDC Group (the UK DFI), the UK Impact Investing Institute, Global Partnerships and Bridges Insights.

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Andrew Lee

Andrew Lee is Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing for UBS Global Wealth Management's Chief Investment Office. In this capacity, he and his team provide investment strategy, advice and thought leadership on integrating sustainability and impact into investment portfolios across asset classes.

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Sana Kapadia

Sana is Head of Content at GenderSmart, where she curates and develops programming for the global gender finance community. She leads the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group and a Care Economy initiative. A gender smart investing specialist and global changemaker, her career has spanned development finance, impact investing and equity research.

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Denise Hearn

Denise is an author, advisor, and project catalyzer working towards human and ecological flourishing. She is currently a Senior Fellow at the American Economic Liberties Project

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Anne-Marie Chidzero

Anne-Marie is CIO of FSD Africa Investments, the investment arm of FSD Africa. A Zimbabwean, she is the former CEO of FSD Mozambique, and Co-founder of Alitheia IDF Managers, a private equity fund manager investing in women-led businesses.

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Suzanne Biegel

Suzanne is founder of Catalyst at Large Ltd and is a globally-recognised expert on gender-smart investing.

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