WEBINAR
What does ESG Mean in 2021 and Beyond?
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Learn how truly differentiated ESG approaches are shining through and standing out in a sea of green(washing). Hear how ESG leaders think differently and what it means to be an ESG-oriented asset manager.
Explore the ways ESG-focused managers are taking on new and more complex societal issues in venture capital, private and public markets, while seeking to provide positive returns for investors. Consider:
- gender-lens investing 2.0 with Erika Cramer, Managing Member & General Partner, How Women Invest
- investable solutions to global problems with Matt Saunders, Principal, Helena
- purpose-driven investing with Heidi Ridley, Co-Founder & CEO, Radiant ESG
Produced by the 100WF Northern California NextGen Committee.
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09:00 AM N. America West Coast |
The program will begin promptly. |
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Erika Cramer
How Women Invest
Heidi Ridley
Radiant ESG
Matt Saunders
Helena
Lindsey Layman
Moderator
Eisner Amper
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Erika Cramer
Managing Member and General Partner, How Women Invest
Ms. Cramer is a 25-year veteran investment banker in the financial services industry having focused on mergers and acquisitions within the asset management, wealth advisory and fintech solution sectors. Over the course of her career, she advised on over 52 transactions representing over $240 billion in assets under management in consolidations. Ms. Cramer has also advised public and privately held financial services firms on valuations, recapitalizations, incentive compensation structures and succession planning. Ms. Cramer is a Managing Member of How Women Invest, a gender-lensed venture firm investing in early-stage tech-enabled startups. She is an experienced board director having served four years with Atlanta Life Insurance Company where she acted as audit chair for the reinsurance affiliate. She is an Advisory Director for OpenInvest, a venture backed fintech platform that sits at the intersection of customized index investing and ESG. Ms. Cramer also serves on Trips for Kids Marin, a non-profit board, where she oversaw recruitment of executive directors and board directors, and fundraising activities. Ms. Cramer is an active speaker and mentor for women in finance and leadership; she is a member of How Women Lead, the Athena Alliance, NACD, and 100 Women in Finance. Along with her husband, Ms. Cramer is engaged with their single-family office.
Heidi Ridley
Co-Founder and CEO, Radiant ESG
Heidi Ridley is a senior advisor and formerly CEO of Rosenberg Equities, a member of the AXA Rosenberg Group Board and the AXA Investment Managers Management Board. Prior to that, she was Rosenberg’s Global COO and Chief of Staff for six years and held the positions of Head of Institutional Sales and Product Development for North America and Global Head of Investment Strategy and Communications during her 18 year tenure with the firm. Rosenberg Equities is a pioneer in quantitative equity investing, recognized for using advanced modelling techniques to conduct deep, fundamental analysis of companies and for its innovative research, use of new technologies and alternative data. Under Heidi’s leadership, the firm fully incorporated ESG (environmental, social and governance) considerations across all of its strategies, embedding sustainability into its investment philosophy and process and becoming the first ESG integrated quantitative equity manager focused on the intersection of ESG insights and advanced factor solutions. Heidi has extensive experience leading highly diverse teams and implementing talent development and culture enrichment programs. While at Rosenberg, 60% of her senior leadership team was comprised of women, and within the investment, technology and data teams, staff represented 19 countries and a range of demographics. Throughout her 30-year career in asset management, Heidi has held a broad spectrum of leadership roles spanning investments, product development, client relationship management and marketing. Heidi earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley, completed the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Education Program, and is a CFA charterholder. She is a member of the Advisory Council for the Center for Equity Gender and Leadership at the HAAS School of Business, a champion of ESG investing and an advocate for diversity and inclusion, forwarding the dialogue through speaking engagements worldwide. Heidi was born in Teheran to an Iranian father and an American mother, and raised in California with three younger sisters. She is married and the mother of four boys. Outside of work, Heidi enjoys exploring new places, skiing and hiking in the mountains around Lake Tahoe, and spending quality time with family. She is passionate about promoting financial literacy, mentoring young women in finance and technology, and supporting educational causes. Heidi embraces challenge and approaches life with an “all-in” mentality.
Matt Saunders
Principal, Helena
Matt leads the firm’s private investing activities from New York City where he is responsible for deal sourcing, negotiating, and execution, in addition to macro investment thesis origination and investment management. Prior to Helena, Matt was an Associate at Global Infrastructure Partners where he worked across the Oil and Gas, Power, and Transportation verticals with the Equity and Credit teams. Matt started his career as an Analyst at Barclays in the Global Natural Resources Group. Matt also served as the Special Assistant to the Special Representative for International Negotiations at the White House, where he focused on Middle East peace negotiations and trade agreement negotiations. In 2015, Matt graduated from Princeton summa cum laude with a degree in Politics and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
Lindsey Layman
Senior Manager, Eisner Amper
Lindsey Layman is a Senior Tax Manager in the Financial Services Group with more than 10 years of experience. She provides tax compliance and planning services to a broad range of asset management clients, including private equity funds, venture capital funds, hedge funds, and funds of funds. Lindsey assists in the training and mentoring of staff and she is involved in the recruitment of new employees.
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