Women In Private Funds

Pantheon partner Helen Steers and principal Ana Zarruk discuss their mentoring relationship and how private markets firms can improve gender diversity.

Having a network of mentors can provide support and opportunities for career development, says Ropes & Gray’s Isabel Dische.

Journalists across the PEI stable share their insights on an issue that has become top of mind for private fund managers and investors.

Ambitious firm and industry-wide changes are needed to address the scale of the diversity and inclusion challenge, say Aberdeen Standard Investments’ Karen Hill, Karin Hyland and Shelley Morrison.

Many private equity firms are working hard to attract more women, but they need to take a multi-faceted approach to retain their best female talent, say EY’s Liz de Freitas and Level 20’s Cheryl Potter.

We present PEI Media's 60 Women of Influence in Private Markets.

The law firm’s Emily Clark, Stephanie Biggs and Sacha Gofton-Salmond examine how GPs are showing their commitment to gender diversity.

Top tips for incoming female talent in private equity? Be curious and cultivate relationships, says Dasha Nechayevska at CPP Investments.

Private equity fundraising and investment remain defiantly active in the wake of the pandemic, say Neuberger Berman’s Susan Kasser, Joana Rocha Scaff and Patricia Miller Zollar

Investors' focus on diversity, equity and inclusion is beginning to have real impact, says Kim Evans, North America head of private capital fund services at Northern Trust.