WEBINAR
Fireside Chat with Michelle Gadsden-Williams, Head DE&I at Blackrock
Calls for action on diversity, equity and inclusion are echoing across the asset management industry on multiple sides. Investors and employees, as well as some leaders of public pension funds, seek changes in diverse representation among investment managers.

Learn how the largest asset managers are responding to these calls to action. Hear how they are measuring progress and success. Consider the roles that intersectionality and allyship play in fostering greater inclusion in the workplace.

Michelle Gadsden-Williams will address these issues as she shares her journey through the asset management industry. Reflect on her ideas about activities firms might undertake to better support Black women and diverse professionals.

Please email your questions to eduny@100women.org by Monday, April 5, 2021 or you may submit them during the webinar.
DATE
7 April 2021
TIME
02:00 PM N. America West Coast
05:00 PM N. America East Coast
The program will begin promptly.
PARTICIPANTS

Andra Ofosu
Opening Remarks
Aspect Capital

Michelle Gadsden-Williams
BlackRock

Amanda Pullinger
Moderator
100 Women in Finance
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BIOGRAPHIES
Andra Ofosu
Director, Aspect Capital

Andra Ofosu is a Director in the US Sales team at Aspect Capital. Prior to joining Aspect in 2020, she was part of the Client Relations and Business Development team at Aetos Alternatives Management, based in New York City. Prior to Aetos, Ms. Ofosu was a Vice President in the Hedge Fund Capital Services group of Credit Suisse Prime Brokerage in London. Earlier in her career, Ms. Ofosu was an analyst in the securitized products group at Lehman Brothers in London. Ms. Ofosu is a summa cum laude graduate of Colby College, where she was a Davis United World College Scholar and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She also earned a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a CFA Charterholder and also holds the Chartered Alternative Investment Association (CAIA) designation. Ms. Ofosu is involved with several organizations. She co-founded the Black Hedge Fund Professionals Network and is on the Board of Visitors for Colby College. She is also a member of The Economic Club of New York, CFA Society of New York, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) and Colby College Paving the Road.

Michelle Gadsden-Williams
Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, BlackRock

Michelle Gadsden-Williams is the Managing Director and Global Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for BlackRock. She is an award-winning global diversity executive, author, activist, producer and philanthropist with more than 25 years of experience as an advocate for equality within corporate America and a thought leader around diversity and inclusion. Michelle is a seasoned diversity practitioner with experience working in the consumer goods, pharmaceutical and financial services industries before transitioning to professional services in 2017. Michelle is the former, Managing Director of Inclusion & Diversity for Accenture North America. She provided strategic direction, thought leadership and championed the development of an inclusive environment by integrating diversity practice into all aspects of the business. She has held positions of global responsibility in the diversity management arena by living in Switzerland for close to 10 years of her corporate career and managed staffing functions for large multi­national corporations such as Credit Suisse, Novartis and Merck & Co, Inc. Prior to her tenure at Merck & Co., Inc, Michelle has also held positions in Human Resources and Product Development at Philips­Van Heusen Corporation and Wakefern Food Corporation, both headquartered in New Jersey. Michelle has acquired a multitude of community service awards and accolades for her work as a diversity practitioner. She has been recognized by Black Enterprise as one of the Top Executives in Corporate Diversity for 2019, 2018, 2017. The Reverend Al Sharpton recognized Michelle as a 2016 honoree at the National Action Network “Woman of Power" Luncheon, an honoree at the Black Institute Awards Gala in NYC and a 2015 Ebony Magazine Power 100 honoree. Throughout her career, Michelle has been profiled in Black Enterprise Magazine, DiversityInc, Diversity Executive, Ebony, Essence, Fortune, History Makers, Heart & Soul, Jet, New Vision, Science Magazine, Sister to Sister, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Target Market News and was recognized as one of 40 Outstanding Executives Under 40 in America in 2006 by the Network Journal. Her other notable tributes include: being named the 2010 recipient of the Maya Way Award for Diversity Leadership by the incomparable Dr. Maya Angelou, receiving the 2008 Harvard Black Men’s Forum Businesswoman of the Year Award, accepting the Rainbow Push Coalition’s Bridge Builder Award by the honorable Reverend Jesse L. Jackson and also being recognized with an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree from Kean University for her outstanding personal and professional accomplishments in the field of diversity and inclusion. In 2013 Michelle was appointed as a member of the Global Advisory Council on Gender Parity for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Michelle earned a B.S. in Marketing, a B.A. in Communications from Kean College of New Jersey and an M.S. in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a proud member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated and the Executive Leadership Council. Michelle serves on several boards including the Jackie Robinson Foundation, The Art Center in Pasadena, CA and a member of the Women’s Leadership Board of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Michelle and her husband, David Jamal Williams, live in New York City.

Amanda Pullinger
Chief Executive Officer, 100 Women in Finance

Ms. Pullinger is the Chief Executive Officer of 100 Women in Finance. She leads a staff team and provides direction to 500 volunteer practitioners globally. The organization, which now has nearly 20,000 registered members in 26 locations, is focused on empowering women in the finance industry and inspiring the next generation of pre-career young women. Ms. Pullinger is a former principal of Aquamarine Capital Management, where she was responsible, over a period of seven years, for managing marketing, investor relations and back office administration for two private investment funds. Ms. Pullinger is Chair and Non Executive Director of the Board of FlyPlymouth, based in Plymouth, UK. She also serves on the Boards of the HALO Trust (USA), the American Friends of The National Portrait Gallery (London) Foundation and as a Director on the Oxford University Alumni Board. She is President of the Brasenose Society, Vice Chair of the Women’s Network Forum and an Advisory Board Member of the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance (Harambe). Previously, she served as Chairman of the Board of The HALO Trust (www.halotrust.org) and served on the Board of Langone NYU Cancer Institute. She was on the founding Board of 100 Women in Finance, serving as its President for two years. She is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Ms. Pullinger graduated from Brasenose College, Oxford University in 1987 with an Honours Degree in Modern History. She earned an MBA from La Salle University, Philadelphia, in 1998, and received the Academic Award for MBA student of the year as well as the Beta Gamma Sigma designation.
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100WF's 20th Anniversary
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Black Hedge Fund Professionals Network was launched in 2019 to create a shared space for black and brown professionals, and their allies working in the hedge fund industry. BHFPN’s mission is centered around facilitating the careers of black and brown professionals in the hedge fund industry through networking and career advancement opportunities, driving the pipeline of new black and brown entrants into the hedge fund industry through outreach and education, and engaging with industry leaders and HR professionals to facilitate the sharing of best practices to hire, retain and promote black and brown employees. The network has over 200 members and growing, with members spanning asset managers, allocators, investment consultants and service providers.
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