The True Cost of Discriminatory and Predatory Behaviour in Tech Investing

The Leadership Coalition of EQUALS (the Global Partnership for Gender Equality in the Digital Age) and The PRI are hosting a breakfast discussion on understanding the business case for diversity and inclusion in tech investing. This effort is motivated by statistics on the low investment in women in tech and recent revelations on persistent predatory behavior towards women in the industry.

This interactive investor roundtable will shed light on the true cost and benefit of current diversity and inclusion practice, using recent research from both academia (Berkeley, GMU, Harvard) and industry to discuss how the findings show a quantitative demonstrated correlation between good diversity and inclusion practice and investment performance. The event will intersperse discussion among participants with short 3-4 slides summaries of learnings from a diverse panel of leading LPs, Consulting Firms and Academic Institutions. Latest findings suggest that shaping investment policy to measure, and adding diligence on, diversity and inclusion practice is a fiduciary imperative and the purpose of this roundtable is to discuss, assimilate, and potentially set in place immediate action steps together with a roadmap towards achieving the end goal.

Speakers include:

Eva Halvarsson, CEO, AP2
Jagdeep Baccher, CIO, UCOP
Marjolein Cuellar, Partner, BCG
Jim Leitner, President, Falcon Management family office
Shruti Chandrasekhar, Head of SME venture fund of funds, IFC
Brian Rice, Portfolio Manager, Co-interim Director of Corporate Governance, CALSTRS

Date: Friday September 14, 2018

Time: 7.15 – 8.45 am

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